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lungs

noun as in body part

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Among the goods that Fried said are shipped in cargo holds are harvested lungs that need to be delivered to an operating table, temperature-sensitive and radiological pharmaceuticals and parts needed for assembly lines.

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However, if these radioactive particles are inhaled, they can damage the lungs and increase the long-term risk of developing certain cancers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Still, she writes movingly, “Baseball is mine the way my lungs are mine.”

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RSV can cause pneumonia, as well as a severe inflammation of the lungs’ small airways, known as bronchiolitis, the California Department of Public Health said.

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On loan to Bradford Park Avenue, he was declared dead three times on the field after his lungs collapsed following a collision.

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