lung | meaning of lung in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Humanlunglung /lʌŋ/ ●●○ noun [countable]     HBHHBAone of the two organs in your body that you breathe with  Smoking can cause lung cancer. → iron lungExamples from the Corpuslung• The emptiness inside him was physical, as if his heart and liver and lungs had been removed.• I used to think that just from working here, in this building, I would get black lung.• Approximately 90% of deaths from lung cancer and bronchitis are caused by smoking.• For similar reasons the presence of severe lung disease and chronic kidney disease is a contraindication to disulfiram administration.• If the lung is expanding, the radiation bouncing off it is pushed closer together, slightly raising its frequency.Origin lung Old English