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What is the noun for lung?

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lungworm
  1. Any of several nematode worms, of the family Metastrongylidae, that are parasitic to mammalian lungs
  2. Examples:
    1. “First we discuss climate warming as an important driver for the emergence of disease associated with Umingmakstrongylus pallikuukensis, a nematode lungworm of muskoxen.”
      “Despite being a healthy weight, the pup had a cough and was found to have lungworm so had to be transported to Scotland for further care.”
      “To protect your dog from lungworm, speak to your vet or join the pledge at www.”
lunger
  1. (slang) A person afflicted with a disease of the lungs, especially one suffering from tuberculosis.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It's a lunger bound for the lakes, and some one gave him a twist as to the track an' we caught 'im.”
      “Ma'am, I'm sorry for you, but I wouldn't really have picked you out for a lunger.”
      “The lunger in turn tries to make the hopper put down his second foot or unfold arms.”
lung
  1. (anatomy) A biological organ that extracts oxygen from the air.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “She underwent an operation on a tumor in her left lung last year.”
      “These people are, anthropologically as well as proverbially, narrow-chested and deficient in lung capacity.”
      “The barramunda, in fact, can breathe by either gills or lung alone or by both simultaneously.”
lungedness
  1. (in combinations) The state or quality of having a particular type of lung.
lungful
  1. As much as the lungs will hold.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “So I got all adventurous, opened the kitchen door wide, and took a good, deep lungful of fresh air.”
      “He lit the cigarette and took in a deep lungful of smoke, letting it trickle from his nostrils.”
      “We've all copped a lungful of black exhaust belching out of a diesel truck.”
lunger
  1. A person who lunges.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It's a lunger bound for the lakes, and some one gave him a twist as to the track an' we caught 'im.”
      “Ma'am, I'm sorry for you, but I wouldn't really have picked you out for a lunger.”
      “The lunger in turn tries to make the hopper put down his second foot or unfold arms.”
lunglessness
  1. Absence of lungs.
lungworms
  1. plural of lungworm
lungfuls
  1. plural of lungful
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  3. Examples:
    1. “While water from the taps in Finland runs clear and cold, we discovered that lungfuls of Lapp air are an even better tonic.”
      “His was gaping desperately, taking in huge lungfuls of air, a sickening wheezing sound coming out through his mouth.”
      “The morning was one out of the box, and I sucked in great lungfuls of mountain air.”
lungsful
lungers
  1. plural of lunger
lungs
  1. plural of lung
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The lungs also contribute to this process by eliminating carbon dioxide which is the waste byproduct of glucose and lactic acid metabolism.”
      “The wearable device allows people to monitor smoke and project the damage passive smoking can do to their heart, lungs and life expectancy.”
      “Vincent coughed, trying to catch the breath that his lungs were being denied.”
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