lungnoun [ C ]
uk/lʌŋ/us/lʌŋ/B2 either of the two organs in the chest with which people and some animals breathe:
lung cancer
More examples
- There's a high correlation between smoking and lung cancer.
- The knife went through his ribs and punctured his lung.
- Scientists have established the relationship between lung cancer and smoking.
- She underwent an operation on a tumour in her left lung last year.
- The X-ray showed a slight irregularity in one lung.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: the respiratory system
- air bladder
- air sac
- airway
- alveolar
- arytenoid
- bronchiole
- bronchus
- cardiopulmonary
- cardiorespiratory
- glottis
- larynx
- oxygen debt
- respiratory system
- spiracle
- trachea
- vocal cords
- voice box
- windpipe
Idiom(s)
have a good/healthy pair of lungs