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organ

[awr-guhn] / ˈɔr gən /


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The unmarried, introverted George leads a spartan life, traveling by bicycle, practicing Bach on a church organ and immersing himself in his investigations.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

However, after around six months the blood vessels in the kidney started to become damaged and the organ inflamed and then it started to fail.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

The heart is not only an organ, it’s a warehouse of feelings.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

The Hiroshima University team set out to determine whether oral health was also associated with how long patients survived after undergoing resection, the surgical removal of all or part of an organ, for PDAC.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

I suppose I have a considerable organ of veneration, for I retain yet the sense of admiring awe with which my eyes traced her steps.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The defective hemoglobin sticks to itself, causing normally flexible cells to stiffen into sickle shapes—a process sometimes called sickling—that block blood flow, damage organs and trigger excruciating pain.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Zhavoronkov said rentosertib has shown promising results in improving lung function and biological age, with the latter effect observable in the brain and other organs.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

When the scientists blocked a single receptor on these macrophages, multiple organs in mice retained more youthful characteristics.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

Dr Leonardo Riella, from the centre for transplantation sciences at Mass General Brigham said the shortage of organs available for transplant meant " we are in a crisis".

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

But based on the president's condition after two days, Agnew and Hamilton believed that no organs had been injured.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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