Lung
[lʌŋ]
Definition
(noun.) either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood.
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Definition
(n.) An organ for aerial respiration; -- commonly in the plural.
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Definition
n. one of the organs of breathing—from its spongy texture.—adjs. Lunged; Lung′-grown having an adhesion of the lung to the pleura.—n. Lung′wort an herb with purple flowers and spotted leaves: a lichen on tree-trunks used as a remedy for pulmonary diseases.
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Examples
- He said to the doctor: 'I wish you would take my lung expansion, too. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Little Bergmann hadn't much lung power. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- For instance, a swim-bladder has apparently been converted into an air-breathing lung. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I was one of the girls at Miss Farish's club--you helped me to go to the country that time I had lung-trouble. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- In fact, when I was examined by the Mutual Life Insurance Company, in 1873, my lung expansion was taken by the doctor, and the old gentleman was there at the time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Stone in the bladder may be discovered, and the condition and movements of the heart and lungs ascertained. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The moral oppression had produced a physical craving for air, and he strode on, opening his lungs to the reverberating coldness of the night. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Then, as the creature's legs appear and its tail is absorbed, it begins to use its lungs, and its gills dwindle and vanish. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I, at least, was taken up with endeavouring to soothe Fifine; whose cries (for she had good lungs) were appalling to hear. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- No dirty little legs to run about on, and no noisy little lungs to scream with. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper,' said Mr. Bumble. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Yes; but I have tried to remain amphibious: it's all right as long as one's lungs can work in another air. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I beat the prison dust off my feet as I sauntered to and fro, and I shook it out of my dress, and I exhaled its air from my lungs. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I was born with inflammation of the lungs, and of everything else, I believe, that was capable of inflammation,' returned Mr. Bounderby. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- If, on the other hand, air passes to the lungs by way of the mouth, the warming process is brief and insufficient, and the lungs suffer in consequence. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He came one day as the coachman was lunging Georgy round the lawn on the gray pony. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There was no more lunging about now. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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