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LUNG/lʌŋ/

A lung is one of the two organs in the chest used to breathe. Lungs is the usual plural. Breath is the air; liver is a different organ. Radiology: a shadow on the left lung.

Meaning

One of the two organs in the chest that you use to breathe.

Examples

• “The scan showed a shadow on the left lung.”
• “Lung clinics run separately from the liver clinic in this trust.”

Good to know

a lung; the lungs. Related: breath / breathe. Other organ mix-up: liver. NHS scans. Countable organs (two).

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