lung

noun/lʌŋ/

Frequency rank: #3,702 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

One of the two organs in the chest used for breathing.

Illustration for the English word “lung”

Example sentence

The doctor pressed the stethoscope against my chest to check my left lung.

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