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 |
tuning | (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency |
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 |
jigsaw scroll saw fretsaw | fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade, used to cut curved outlines |
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 |
tuning fork | a metal implement with two prongs that gives a fixed tone when struck, used to tune musical instruments |
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 |
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 |
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 |
scroll roll | a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) |
Dead Sea scrolls | (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late s, the Dead Sea Scrolls provide information about Judaism and the Bible around the time of Jesus |
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 |
organ | a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function, The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department |
organ donor | someone from whom an organ is taken for transplantation |
organ-grinder | a street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy |
plant organ | a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus |
coil whorl roll curl curlicue ringlet gyre scroll | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
scroll | move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen, Scroll down to see the entire text |