Meaning & use

lung

noun·Everyday

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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