"Organ" is a word in ENGLISH
An instrument or medium by which some important action is
performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts,
armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.
A medium of communication between one person or body and
another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication
between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of
its editor, or of a party, sect, etc.
A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable
of performing some special action (termed its function), which is
essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs,
etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs
of plants.
A component part performing an essential office in the
working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc.,
are organs of the steam engine.
A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various
dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and
played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes
by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being
considired an organ.
To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to
organize.
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.
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Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.
Read the complete definitionA person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to …
Read the complete definitionA class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, …
Read the complete definitionLiable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc.
Read the complete definitionA medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.
Read the complete definitionA South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are …
Read the complete definitionAny solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, …
Read the complete definitionAn elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. …
Read the complete definitionA large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. …
Read the complete definitionA tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the …
Read the complete definitionThe science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, …
Read the complete definitionOverfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local …
Read the complete definitionA colorless or yellowish oil, C10H15N, of a leathery odor, occuring in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded …
Read the complete definitionAn order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When …
Read the complete definitiondalúnggan - (H) Ear, sense of hearing, organ of hearing, audition; ear (of a pot or kettle, etc.); handle, loop, …
Read the complete definitionAn extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They …
Read the complete definitionAn alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of …
Read the complete definitionTo destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what …
Read the complete definitionAny organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste …
Read the complete definitionAny parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. …
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