Synonyms for lung
lʌŋlung

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1. lungnoun

   A biological organ that extracts oxygen from the air.

   Synonyms:
   lights, bellows

Princeton's WordNet

1. lungnoun

   either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood

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1. • Respiratory Organ

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1. List of paraphrases for "lung":

   pulmonary, lungs, dragon, dragons, ryong, respiratory, loong, loon, takashi, chest

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1. Art Caplan:

   Or, if being unvaccinated and having lung failure puts you at a worse chance of survival versus someone who just comes in with asthma and lung problems but are vaccinated, many places would give priority to the vaccinated asthma patient as opposed to the unvaccinated lung failure patient. What they're watching is outcome and likelihood of success.

2. Michael Gordon:

   Infants, toddlers and young children have lung tissue that is many times more sensitive to the deleterious effect of the particulates in cigarette smoke.

3. Marc Siegel:

   Whether you want to decrease your risk of ending up in a hospital, that's a personal choice. I, as a health practitioner, certainly hope you make the right choice because I don't want to have, you know, the hospital flooded, but I have the hospital flooded with smokers who are getting lung cancer and I take care of them, i don't shame them.

4. Cardiologist Dr. Kevin Campbell:

   The very young, the very old, and those with chronic diseases such as heart disease, lung disease, asthma and diabetes are much more susceptible than others.

5. Jaime Hart:

   Studies have shown that pollution increases inflammation and oxidative stress, both of which have been linked to increased mortality, those studies weren't done in lung cancer patients, but it is reasonable to think that similar things may be occurring.