| transplant transplantation organ transplant | an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient), he had a kidney transplant, the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent, a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CPR
cardiac resuscitation
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
kiss of life | an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration, the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing, attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen |
lateral line
lateral line organ | sense organs of fish and amphibians, believed to detect pressure changes in the water |
| American organ | a freeeed instrument in which air is drawn in through reeds by suction bellows |
barrel organ
grind organ
hand organ
hurdy gurdy
hurdy-gurdy
street organ | a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs |
calliope
steam organ | a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard |
electric organ
electronic organ
Hammond organ
organ | (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ |
harmonica
mouth organ
harp mouth harp | a small rectangular freeeed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole |
harmonium
organ reed organ | a freeeed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows |
jew's harp
jews' harp
mouth bow | a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity |
| mouth | the opening of a jar or bottle, the jar had a wide mouth |
| mouth hole | a hole (as in a ski mask) for the mouth |
organ
pipe organ | wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard |
| organ loft | a gallery occupied by a church organ |
organ pipe
pipe pipework | the flues and stops on a pipe organ |
| organ stop | a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality |
contractile organ
contractor | a bodily organ that contracts |
| organ | a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function |
vital organ
vitals | a bodily organ that is essential for life |
| external organ | an organ that is situated on or near the surface of the body |
internal organ
viscus | a main organ that is situated inside the body |
sense organ
sensory receptor
receptor | an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation |
| mouth | the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening, she wiped lipstick from her mouth |
mouth oral cavity
oral fissure
rima oris | the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge, he stuffed his mouth with candy |
tastebud
taste bud
gustatory organ | an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue |
speech organ
vocal organ
organ of speech | any of the organs involved in speech production |
palate
roof of the mouth | the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities |
| organ of hearing | the part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound |
| organ of Corti | the hearing organ of the inner ear, contains receptors that respond to sound waves |
gland
secretory organ
secretor
secreter | any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream |
excretory organ
urinary organ | an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them |
organelle
cell organelle
cell organ | a specialized part of a cell, analogous to an organ, the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus |
| end organ | a specialized structure at the peripheral end of some motor or sensory nerve fibers |
reproductive organ
sex organ | any organ involved in sexual reproduction |
genitalia
genital organ
genitals
private parts
privates
crotch | external sex organ |
female genitalia
female genitals
female genital organ
fanny | external female sex organs, in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals |
| female internal reproductive organ | the reproductive organs of a woman |
male genitalia
male genitals
male genital organ
family jewels | external male sex organs |
| male internal reproductive organ | the reproductive organs of a man |
| target organ | (radiology) organ intended to receive the therapeutic dose of a radioactive substance |
| taret organ | (endocrinology) organ most affected by a particular hormone |
| erectile organ | an organ containing erectile tissue |
| respiratory organ | any organ involved in the process of respiration |
nose
olfactory organ | the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract, the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals, he has a cold in the nose |
| organ | a periodical that is published by a special interest group, the organ of the communist party |
| house organ | a periodical published by a business firm for its employees and customers |
sass
sassing
backtalk
back talk
lip
mouth | an impudent or insolent rejoinder, don't give me any of your sass |
grapevine
pipeline
word of mouth | gossip spread by spoken communication, the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth |
| organ | a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function, The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department |
| mouth | the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water, New York is at the mouth of the Hudson |