Definition: 1. Either of the two organs in the chest that you use for breathing.
Use 'lung' in a sentence:
1. In the end it was his stomach and lungs that packed up.
2. 10,000 deaths a year from chronic lung disease are attributable to smoking.
3. You can live with just part of a liver or a colon, or only one kidney or lung.
4. Lung cancer has now overtaken breast cancer as a cause of death for women in the US.
5. Every working day I treat people who are dying from lung diseases caused by smoking.
6. Anyone with heart, lung or circulation problems should seek medical advice before flying.
7. Lung cancer has now overtaken breast cancer as a cause of death for women in the U.S.
8. Now that we've figured out the ancient Greek meaning of pneumonia, we can stick it together with peri to get the peripheumon-their word for a lung problem.
9. There is some risk of the lung collapsing again, but he is out of danger.
10. No matter what level of exposure of smoke you have, your lung cells know it and they are responding.
11. The lung buds are not found in clusters, and they do not send any signals to our brains.
12. The American Lung Association (ALA) has issued new guidelines on combating colds and the flu, and one of the keys is being able to quickly tell the two apart.
13. Before too long my lung abscess healed up.
14. One of his lungs gave out entirely.
15. Every so often the horse's heart and lungs are checked.
16. He was admitted yesterday for treatment of blood clots in his lungs.
17. Things are not as bad as they once were but, according to the American Lung Association, Los Angeles is still the worst city in the United States for levels of pollutants.
18. He had kidney cancer, with secondary tumours in the brain and lungs.
19. Exercise is necessary for strong bones and both heart and lung health.
20. Not only cancer, but also heart and lung disease are influenced by smoking.
21. Since her heart and lung transplant operation she has gone from strength to strength.
22. One needs a heart, one a lung, one a kidney, one a liver, and the fifth a pancreas.
23. People who do not smoke have less potential of suffering from lung cancer than those who do so.
24. Ninety per cent of lung cancers are caused by smoking.
25. The change in smoking is paralleled by a change in the incidence of lung cancer.
26. He was rushed to hospital last week after suffering a collapsed lung.
27. A checkup revealed a small tumour on the left lower lobe of his lung, but it had not yet metastasized.
28. These fine particles penetrate deep into the lungs.
29. A 22-year-old Chinese woman who suffered from a persistent cough was shocked to learn that she had a piece of chicken bone lodged in her lung.
30. A plant's lungs are the microscopic pores in its leaves.
31. It's commonly known that certain diseases are linked with occupations like lung disease in coal miners.
32. With the bone finally removed from her lung, the woman is very happy that she no longer suffers from that annoying cough.
33. It goes without saying that if someone has lung problems they should not smoke.
34. Cigarette smoking is responsible for about 90% of deaths from lung cancer.
35. He has terminal lung cancer.
36. Mortality from lung cancer is still increasing.
37. He had been undergoing chemotherapy for lung cancer.
38. He was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer.
39. She was taken to the hospital with broken ribs and a punctured lung.
40. The lungs are in fact constructed of thousands of tiny tubes.
41. Suppose we rip out my lungs and put in Johns' lungs, I've gotten a lung transplant, and it's still me.
42. The boy's lungs cleared and he began to breathe more easily.
43. This special medical procedure revealed she had a chicken bone stuck in her lung.
44. Anyone with heart, lung, or circulation problems should seek medical advice before flying.
45. Lung cells die and are replaced about once a week.
46. He was born with only one lung.
47. Surgeons siphoned off fluid from his left lung.
48. This can prevent air from flowing freely to the lungs.
49. There is an acknowledged risk of lung cancer from radon.
50. High in fiber, this brown algae extract helps control liver and lung cancer, douses inflammation, and is anti-tumor and anti-oxidative.
51. The test should identify which smokers are most prone to develop lung cancer.
52. In breathing the chest muscles expand the rib cage and allow air to be sucked into the lungs.
