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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
organ/ˈɔːɡən/
▶noun
- 1 a part of an organism which is typically self-contained and has a specific vital function.
■ euphemistic a man's penis.
- 2 a large musical instrument having rows of pipes supplied with air from bellows and arranged in ranks, each controlled by a stop, and played using a keyboard or by an automatic mechanism.
■ a smaller instrument without pipes, producing similar sounds electronically.
- 3 a department or organization that performs a specified function.
- 4 a newspaper or periodical which puts forward the views of a political party or movement.
– derivatives
organist noun.
organist noun.
– origin OE, via L. from Gk organon ‘tool, sense organ’, reinforced in ME by OFr. organe.
'organ' also found in these Oxford entries:
abort
- abortion
- abortive
- acquired character
- adnexa
- American organ
- anlage
- anteverted
- antheridium
- aplasia
- archegonium
- atrophy
- barrel organ
- base
- bellows
- biomaterial
- B-lymphocyte
- bombarde
- bourdon
- brain
- bulb
- caducous
- calculus
- calliope
- capsule
- carpel
- chamber organ
- chemoreceptor
- choir organ
- cipher
- clarabella
- cochlea
- console
- contra-
- corm
- cortex
- cribellum
- ctenidium
- cupule
- cyst
- decompensation
- decorticate
- diapason
- dilatation
- dilator
- dissepiment
- donate
- dysplasia
- dystrophy
- ear
Forum discussions with the word(s) "organ" in the title:
a transplant for/of the sick organ
engage (a speech organ)
House organ or House-organ?
It's too delicate an organ
needs must when the devil drives the barrel organ
organ (instrument)
organ and organization
someone with the female organ and male organ
The heart is a bigger organ than the brain...
the largest/biggest organ on our body
the Organ transplant Law that went into force in October 1997
What does "organ-boy" mean?
engage (a speech organ)
House organ or House-organ?
It's too delicate an organ
needs must when the devil drives the barrel organ
organ (instrument)
organ and organization
someone with the female organ and male organ
The heart is a bigger organ than the brain...
the largest/biggest organ on our body
the Organ transplant Law that went into force in October 1997
What does "organ-boy" mean?
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