Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008168
altLabel
Lungs
AN
/abnorm: CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION OF LUNG, CONGENITAL is available; /blood supply: consider also PULMONARY CIRCULATION; /surg: consider also PNEUMONECTOMY but PULMONARY SURGICAL PROCEDURES is also available; /transpl = LUNG TRANSPLANTATION or HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION: do not coord with TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS unless particularly discussed; inflammation = PNEUMONIA; collapse of lung = PULMONARY ATELECTASIS
AQL
AB AH BS CH CY DE DG EM EN GD IM IR ME MI PA PH PP PS RE SU UL VI
cui
C0024109
CX
consider also terms at PNEUMO- and PULMON-
DC
1
definition
Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.