lung
n
1 either one of a pair of spongy saclike respiratory organs within the thorax of higher vertebrates, which oxygenate the blood and remove its carbon dioxide
2 any similar or analogous organ in other vertebrates or in invertebrates
3 ♦
at the top of one's lungs in one's loudest voice; yelling,
(Related adjs)
→
pneumonic →
pulmonary →
pulmonic (Old English lungen; related to Old High German lungun lung. Compare lights2)
black lung
n another name for →
pneumoconiosis
brown lung disease
n another name for →
byssinosis
Ch'ien-lung
n a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for →
Qian Long
coal miner's lung
n an informal name for →
anthracosis
farmer's lung
n inflammation of the alveoli of the lungs caused by an allergic response to fungal spores in hay
heart-lung machine
n a machine used to maintain the circulation and oxygenation of the blood during heart surgery
iron lung
n
1 an airtight metal cylinder enclosing the entire body up to the neck and providing artificial respiration when the respiratory muscles are paralysed, as by poliomyelitis
2 (Irish)
informal a gas container used in dispensing beer
Diccionario Inglés definición
lunge
1
n charge, cut, jab, pass, pounce, spring, stab, swing, swipe (informal) thrust
2
vb bound, charge, cut, dash, dive, fall upon, hit at, jab, leap, pitch into (informal) plunge, poke, pounce, set upon, stab, strike at, thrust
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