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lung

[luhng] / lʌŋ /
NOUN
body part
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The team also examined human lung cancer cells and discovered that some cancer related mutations affecting leucine metabolism appeared to improve cancer cell survival.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Mahan said he values unions, in part because he grew up in a union household and benefited from the high-quality healthcare that provided, included when he was hospitalized for a collapsed lung as a teenager.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

One medical oncologist in South Carolina, for example, took to social media to report that insurance company Humana was denying his lung cancer patient Keytruda.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

When it is inhaled, through smoking or in industrial settings, it can cause lung cancer, according to the World Health Organization.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The only time I jumped was when I leaned my elbow on Buddy's cadaver's stomach to watch him dissect a lung.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath



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