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lung
/ ləng/
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n.
each of the pair of organs situated within the rib cage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed. Lungs are characteristic of vertebrates other than fish, though similar structures are present in some other animal groups.
DERIVATIVES:
lunged
/ ləngd/ adj. [in comb.]
strong-lunged.
lung·ful
/ -ˌfoŏl/ n.
(pl. -fuls)
lung·less
adj.
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Lung Cancer Program at UCLA Awarded $13.9-Million Grant
Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel; 5/2/2001; 700+ words
; ...the molecular mechanisms of lung cancer so they can more easily...1,200 subjects, 600 with lung cancer and 600 without the disease...characterize suspicious nodules in the lungs. This prototype scanner will...biologic approach to small cell lung cancer. His research will focus...
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Lung Cancer in Non-Smokers Is Sixth Biggest Cancer Killer.
PR Newswire; 9/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- While lung cancer in smokers and former smokers is the biggest cancer killer by far, lung cancer in people who have never smoked...States. "Most people are not aware that lung cancer among non-smokers has such an...
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Lung Cancer Alliance Hails Early Introduction of Comprehensive Lung Cancer Research Legislation.
Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly; 2/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...and Sam Brownback(R-KS) reintroduced the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009, legislation...comprehensive, multi-agency research effort to reduce lung cancer's mortality (see also Lung Cancer). The Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction...
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Lung Cancer; Facts to Know.(disease / disorder overview)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Newspaper article from: NWHRC Health Center - Lung Cancer; 9/8/2006; 700+ words
; ...is responsible for up to 80 percent of lung cancers among women. Those who smoke two or more packs of cigarettes a day have lung cancer mortality rates 12 to 30 times higher...be an estimated 174,470 new cases of lung cancer accounting for about 13 percent...
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Lung Cancer Alliance-Georgia Issues Inaugural State-Specific Report Card on Lung Cancer.
PR Newswire; 11/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Lung Cancer Alliance-Georgia (LCA-GA...ever state-specific Report Card on Lung Cancer, an assessment of progress being...state of Georgia. LCA-GA is a chapter of Lung Cancer Alliance, the only national organization...
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Lung Cancer in Non-Smokers Is Sixth Biggest Cancer Killer
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 9/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...HEALTH EDITORS Contact: Kay Cofrancesco, Lung Cancer Alliance, +1-202-463-2080...Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- While lung cancer in smokers and former smokers is the biggest cancer killer by far, lung cancer in people who have never smoked...
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LUNG CANCER KILLS MORE WOMEN THAN BREAST CANCER.(SAVVY)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 11/4/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...screening technique to catch lung cancers early, says Regina...executive director of WALC. "So lung cancer -- similar to ovarian...many nerve endings within the lungs so it's often a very painless...those with a family history of lung cancer, are encouraged to ask...
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Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Respiratory Care; 8/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation. Joseph P Lynch III and David J Ross, editors. Lung Biology in Health and Disease, volume 217, Claude Lenfant, executive editor. Boca Raton: Informa/Taylor & Francis. 2006. Hard cover, illustrated...
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American Lung Association Checklist Helps Identify Signs and Symptoms of COPD and Promotes Doctor/Patient.
News Wire article from: AScribe Medicine News Service; 11/4/2009; 700+ words
; ...s commitment to improving lung health, the organization convened...H. Edelman, MD, American Lung Association Chief Medical Officer...further serious damage to their lungs." "It is our intention that...bronchitis and emphysema, is a lung disease characterized by an...
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Lung Cancer Is a Woman's Disease: Women Against Lung Cancer Warn of the Danger.
PR Newswire; 9/27/2004; 700+ words
; ...PRNewswire/ -- It is a little known fact that lung cancer kills more women each year than breast cancer. In fact, lung cancer kills more women than breast, uterine...Surprised? Many people are. Women Against Lung Cancer, a newly-formed organization...
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Lung Cancer
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
...fi-ZEE-ma) is a lung condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are enlarged, which...together make up the lungs. Lung cancer usually starts...is coughed up from the lungs. Diagnosis If lung cancer is suspected...
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Lung Cancer, Small Cell
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
...swept up out of the lungs and into the throat. Small cell lung tumors usually start...builds up in the lungs and infection may...tumor. Demographics Lung cancer is a growing...patients whose lungs are scarred from other lung conditions may have...
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Lung Biopsy
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
...may be used to diagnose lung infections, especially...chronic diseases of the lungs such as sarcoidosis and pulmonary fibrosis. A lung biopsy can be used for...Overview The right and left lungs are separated by the mediastinum...nodes, and esophagus. Lung biopsies sometimes involve...
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Lung Transplantation
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
...replacement of the lungs with healthy organs from a donor. Lung transplantation may...bypass machine. Double lung transplantation involves implanting the lungs as two separate lungs...required. The patient's lung or lungs are removed and the...
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Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
...swept up out of the lungs and into the throat. Lung cancer Most lung cancers...mucus builds up in the lungs and infection may...behind the tumor. Once lung cancer has developed...addition, patients whose lungs are scarred from other lung conditions may have...
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