Thesaurus results for ORGAN

organ

noun

ˈȯr-gən

as in newspaper

a publication that appears at regular intervals that newspaper is intended as an organ for the whole university community

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as in instrument

something used to achieve an end uses the business as an organ to fund a variety of political and social causes

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Recent Examples on the Web The veteran actor, whose legal name was John Allen Amos Jr., had the condition – caused by the heart's inability to circulate adequate blood and oxygen to the body's organs – for years before his death, the document notes. —

Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024 Loss of Appetite Loss of appetite can be a sign of metastatic breast cancer, often when cancer has spread to organs such as the liver, lungs, or bones. —

Julie Scott, Msn, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024 What's more, babies continue to develop their organs after birth, especially their lungs and brains, adds Dr. Baldwin. —

Sherri Gordon, Parents, 2 Oct. 2024 About 1 in 20 people who become infected with dengue will become seriously ill, suffering shock, internal bleeding, organ impairment or respiratory failure. —

Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for organ

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