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organ
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + organ
internal organs
(= organs inside your body )
• She died after suffering serious damage to internal organs.
vital organs
(= the most important organs for life, for example the heart and brain )
• Luckily, the bullet passed through his body without hitting vital organs.
sexual/reproductive/sex organs
• the male and female sexual organs
sense/sensory organs
(= the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and skin, used to give us information about the world around us )
• Our minds function through the brain, nervous system, and sense organs. • As with the other sensory organs, taste is highly developed in babies at birth.
digestive organs
(= the stomach, intestines etc, used to digest food )
• a disorder of the digestive organs
a donor organ
(= an organ from one person's body that is put or can be put into another person's body )
• There is a chronic shortage of donor organs.
organ + NOUN
an organ transplant
(= an operation to put an organ from one person’s body into another person’s body )
• Up to 5,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant.
an organ donor
(= someone who gives an organ for an organ transplant )
• Not all patients who die are suitable as organ donors.
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noun part of the body ADJ. internal | important, vital The eyes are an important organ of balance. to preserve blood flow to the brain and the other vital organs | abdominal, genital | digestive, olfactory, reproductive, sense/sensory, sex/sexual, etc. | human | donor waiting for a suitable donor organ VERB + ORGAN donate | transplant ORGAN + NOUN donation, donor | transplant, transplantation musical instrument ADJ. pipe | mechanical | electric, electronic, Hammond (R) | barrel, mouth | church, fairground ORGAN + NOUN pedal, pipe, stop | loftMUSIC official organization ADJ. central, major the central organs of state | administrative, constitutional, economic, judicial, legislative, political, security | party
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