Meaning & use
lung
Either of the two organs in the chest used by humans and many animals to breathe.
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Smoking over many years can seriously damage both of the lungs.
The doctor listened to her lungs with a stethoscope during the checkup.
A note on using this word
Lung is often used in compounds like lung capacity or collapsed lung in medical contexts.
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