Synonyms

lungs

Cultural

A pair of organs, the principal parts of the respiratory system, at the front of the cavity of the chest, or thorax. In the lungs, oxygen from the air that is inhaled is transferred into the blood, while carbon dioxide is removed from the blood and exhaled.

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The concert was an orchestral revamp of Florence +The Machine's Brit Award-winning debut album Lungs, now 15 years old, and a document of the star's "messy and chaotic" teenage years.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

"Lungs don't produce enough sound for a normal person to hear," Bharat said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

Lungs and hearts last for less than half that long.

From Scientific American • Apr. 30, 2023

Lungs can work less optimally in these three general ways, and COVID-19 can lead to all of them.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2022

Lungs that, for a short while, would completely change life as I know it.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

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