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noun |
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An organ is an instrument for making music. An organ has keys and sometimes pedals that you press to make sounds.
A woman played an organ at the church for my cousin's wedding.
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| definition 2: |
An organ is a part of a person's or animal's body that performs a special task. Often when we talk about organs, we are talking about things inside the body like the heart, stomach, and lungs, but things like the skin, the eyes, and the ears are also organs. The specific parts of a plant are also called organs.
The brain is the organ of the body that allows us to think and remember.- similar words:
- brain, ear, eye, gland, heart, liver, lung, part, skin, stomach, tongue
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| related words: |
instrument, member |
| derivation: |
organlike (adj.) |
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broader category that includes organs |
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body |
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groups of organs |
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system |
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some descriptions of organs |
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vital |
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some examples of organs |
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brain, ear, esophagus, eye, gill, heart, liver, lung, skin, stomach, tongue |
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some functions of organs |
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breathing, producing, pumping, swallowing, tasting |
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some kinds of organs |
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gland, muscle |
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some parts of organs |
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cell, membrane, tissue |
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some things produced by organs |
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chemical, egg |
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