organ
Example Sentences
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Varroa mites weaken bees by feeding on their fat body tissue, an essential organ that supports immune function, metabolism, and energy storage.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
Over the years it has also been a barbershop and the site of an organ sales and repair store.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Viet Nam News reported that organ donations had been made to "five critically ill Vietnamese patients" at the hospital.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
The original sense of “bottom” survives in many words related to “fund,” including foundation, fundamental, profound and the medical term fundus, the area of a hollow organ that is farthest away from the organ’s opening.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
When musicians talk about ear, they don't mean the sense organ itself so much as the brain's ability to perceive, distinguish, and understand what the ear has heard.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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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