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lungs

NOUN
body part
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Smith last performed in the West End in 2019 in the Old Vic's production of climate change drama Lungs alongside Claire Foy.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024

Lungs rely on tiny bulbs called alveoli, which expand and deflate with our breath, to facilitate the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air and our blood.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2024

Lungs and hearts last for less than half that long.

From Scientific American • Apr. 30, 2023

Lungs can work less optimally in these three general ways, and COVID-19 can lead to all of them.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2022

Lungs that would let me breathe, and let me run, and give me more time to really live.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott



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