lungs
Example Sentences
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"Bones are overly smooth, spines unnaturally straight, lungs overly symmetrical, blood vessel patterns excessively uniform, and fractures appear unusually clean and consistent, often limited to one side of the bone."
From Science Daily
Kids and their developing lungs were especially vulnerable.
From Los Angeles Times
Smog from 2 million tailpipes filled L.A.’s streets and burned the lungs of its denizens, but it was really created more than 2,000 miles away, in Detroit.
From Los Angeles Times
Over the past seven years, the 34-year-old has been offered new lungs on 17 different occasions, but each time the operation has been cancelled.
From BBC
While Darren developed scarring on his lungs and eventually left his job in the police, Gabby became increasingly poorly and was diagnosed with long Covid.
From BBC
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