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Synonyms for lung

Grammar : Noun
Spell : luhng
Phonetic Transcription : lʌŋ

Définition of lung

Origin :
  • "human respiratory organ," c.1300, from Old English lungen (plural), from Proto-Germanic *lungw- (cf. Old Norse lunge, Old Frisian lungen, Middle Dutch longhe, Dutch long, Old High German lungun, German lunge "lung"), literally "the light organ," from PIE *legwh- "not heavy, having little weight; easy, agile, nimble" (cf. Russian lëgkij, Polish lekki "light;" Russian lëgkoje "lung," Greek elaphros "light" in weight; see also lever).
  • The notion probably is from the fact that, when thrown into a pot of water, lungs of a slaughtered animal float, while the heart, liver, etc., do not. Cf. also Portuguese leve "lung," from Latin levis "light;" Irish scaman "lungs," from scaman "light;" Welsh ysgyfaint "lungs," from ysgafn "light." See also lights, pulmonary. Lung cancer attested from 1882.
  • noun body part
Example sentences :
  • He had ample girth of chest at the cinches, where lung capacity is best measured.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Start slicing every lung in this place and look for those crystals.
  • Extract from : « Poisoned Air » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • There was a meeting, and Garfield was shot through the lung.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The ribs had been cut across, and some portion of the heart or lung seemed to protrude.
  • Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
  • The lung was not yet attacked, but the bronchial tubes were affected.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • For the sake of simplicity only one lung and one bronchus are shown.
  • Extract from : « Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator » by Albert M. Reese
  • Happily for her, he had turned these to other roads than the Lung' Adige.
  • Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • The place was as noisy as a reckless expenditure of lung power could make it.
  • Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
  • My poor one lung is working overtime, and a collapse is imminent.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • When the lung is expanded, air rushes in; when it is contracted, the air is expelled.
  • Extract from : « Fathers of Biology » by Charles McRae

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