lung /lung/

1. A respiratory organ in animals that breathe atmospheric air
2. An open space in a town (figurative)

lunged /lungd/ adjective

lungˈful noun

lungˈless adjective

lungˈ-book noun

A breathing organ in spiders and scorpions, constructed like the leaves of a book

lungˈfish noun

Any of certain species of S America, Africa and Australia, of the subclass Dipnoi, able to breathe atmospheric air using ‘lungs' or modified air-bladders, the Australian Neoceratodus having only a single such ‘lung’

lungˈ-grown adjective

Having an adhesion of the lung to the pleura

lungˈworm noun

Any of various parasitic nematode worms that infest the lungs of vertebrates, esp domestic animals

lungˈwort noun

1. A genus (Pulmonaria) of the borage family with spotted leaves, once thought good for lung diseases
2. A lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria) on tree trunks, used as a domestic remedy for lung diseases

iron lung see under iron

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