organ
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Although the EPA has classified the chemical as “not likely” carcinogenic to humans, long-term exposure has been linked to serious organ damage.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
"As more than one patient may be suitable for the same donated organ, offering schemes are designed to ensure each donation achieves the greatest possible benefit to those patients most in need," it explained.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
"Ferroptosis is not only relevant to cancer. Increasing evidence suggests that it also contributes to pathological processes in neurodegenerative diseases and in tissue damage following organ transplantation or ischemia-reperfusion injury."
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
One of Mr. Feiler’s most compelling arguments about rituals is that they are unnecessary—we do not need them to donate an organ, to end a life or start another one.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Perhaps not, but he could hear, for now a deep round voice, a voice like an organ tone, echoed out of the hollow trunk: “Who is standing outside my house?”
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
Vocabulary lists containing organ
Cell Biology - Middle School
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Cell Biology - High School
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Animals (Zoology) - Introductory
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