Lungs


[luhng] /lʌŋ/

noun
1.
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
2.
an analogous organ in certain invertebrates, as arachnids or terrestrial gastropods.
Idioms
3.
at the top of one’s lungs, as loudly as possible; with full voice:
The baby cried at the top of his lungs.
/lʌŋ/
noun
1.
either one of a pair of spongy saclike respiratory organs within the thorax of higher vertebrates, which oxygenate the blood and remove its carbon dioxide
2.
any similar or analogous organ in other vertebrates or in invertebrates
3.
at the top of one’s lungs, in one’s loudest voice; yelling
n.

“human respiratory organ,” c.1300, from Old English lungen (plural), from Proto-Germanic *lungw- (cf. Old Norse lunge, Old Frisian lungen, Middle Dutch longhe, Dutch long, Old High German lungun, German lunge “lung”), literally “the light organ,” from PIE *legwh- “not heavy, having little weight; easy, agile, nimble” (cf. Russian lëgkij, Polish lekki “light;” Russian lëgkoje “lung,” Greek elaphros “light” in weight; see also lever).

The notion probably is from the fact that, when thrown into a pot of water, lungs of a slaughtered animal float, while the heart, liver, etc., do not. Cf. also Portuguese leve “lung,” from Latin levis “light;” Irish scaman “lungs,” from scaman “light;” Welsh ysgyfaint “lungs,” from ysgafn “light.” See also lights, pulmonary. Lung cancer attested from 1882.

lung (lŭng)
n.
Either of the two saclike organs of respiration that occupy the pulmonary cavity of the thorax and in which aeration of the blood takes place. It is common for the right lung, which is divided into three lobes, to be slightly larger than the left, which has two lobes.
lung
(lŭng)

A pair of organs, the principal parts of the respiratory system, at the front of the cavity of the chest, or thorax. In the lungs, oxygen from the air that is inhaled is transferred into the blood, while carbon dioxide is removed from the blood and exhaled.

noun

A woman’s breasts; boob, knockers: pushed a whole blouse full of lungs against my arm/ She has a great pair of lungs
see: at the top of one’s lungs

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