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[luhng]

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noun

either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.

an analogous organ in certain invertebrates, as arachnids or terrestrial gastropods.

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Idiom

at the top of one's lungs, as loudly as possible; with full voice: The baby cried at the top of his lungs.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English lungen, Old English; cognate with German Lunge; akin to light², lights

Related forms

lunged

[luhngd] , adjective

half-lunged, adjective

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lung (lʌŋ)

—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: pneumonic, pulmonary, pulmonic

[Old English lungen; related to Old High German lungun lung. Compare lights²]

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Word Origin & History

lung

O.E. lungen (pl.), from P.Gmc. *lungw- (cf. O.N. lunge, O.Fris. lungen, M.Du. longhe, Ger. lunge "lung"), lit. "the light organ," from PIE *lengwh- "not heavy, light, easy, agile, nimble" (cf. Rus. lëgkij, Pol. lekki "light;" Rus. lëgkoje, Pol. lekkie "lung," Gk. elaphros "light" in weight;

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see also lever). Cf. Port. leve "lung," from L. levis "light;" Ir. scaman "lungs," from scaman "light;" Welsh ysgyfaint "lungs," from ysgafn "light." See also lights. Lung cancer attested from 1926.

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Medical Dictionary

lung (lŭng)
n.
Either of the two saclike organs of respiration that occupy the pulmonary cavity of the thorax and in which aeration of the blood takes place. It is common for the right lung, which is divided into three lobes, to be slightly larger than the left, which has two lobes.

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Science Dictionary

lung (lŭng) Pronunciation Key

Either of two spongy organs in the chest of air-breathing vertebrate animals that serve as the organs of gas exchange. Blood flowing through the lungs picks up oxygen from inhaled air and releases carbon dioxide, which is exhaled. Air enters and leaves the lungs through the bronchial tubes.
A similar organ found in some invertebrates.

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Idioms & Phrases

lung

see at the top of one's lungs.

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