organ
/ˈoɹɡən/ noun B1- The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions. · bodily organs· vital organ
- A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
- A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
- An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
- A government organization; agency; authority.
- The penis.
- An Asian form of mitrailleuse.
Plural organs
From the library
The organ with the organ man
And we are all to march in two by two after the audience is seated, while Emma White plays a march on the organ.
Poisons act particularly on some organ or another—one on the stomach, another on the brain, another on the intestines.
There was no peculiar indication in any organ—an excitement of the nervous system—that was it; a case of cerebral congestion—nothing more.
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