organnoun
uk/ˈɔː.ɡən/us/ˈɔːr.ɡən/organ noun (BODY PART)
C1 [ C ] a part of the body of an animal or plant that performs a particular job:
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- He sustained injuries to his arms, legs and several internal organs.
- Your ears, eyes, tongue, nose and skin are your sense organs.
- Transplantation of organs from living donors raises ethical issues.
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Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- grey matter
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- lymph vessel
- peptic
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- vitreous humour
- xiphoid
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organ noun (INSTRUMENT)
C2 [ C ] a musical instrument with a keyboard in which sound is produced by air being forced through pipes of different sizes and lengths when you press the keys with your hands or feet, or in which sound is produced electronically:
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Musical instruments
- accordion
- alphorn
- alto
- alto recorder
- bagpipes
- dulcimer
- English horn
- euphonium
- fingerboard
- flugelhorn
- pick
- pitched
- plectrum
- reed
- reed instrument
- viol
- viola
- violin
- violoncello
- vuvuzela
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organ noun (NEWSPAPER)
a newspaper or broadcasting station produced by a particular organization and giving only the opinions of that organization:
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Media in general
- media
- media event
- medium
- press
- profile
- publish
- the Fourth Estate
- the mass media
- vehicle
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