The word 'lung' is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is a noun that refers to either of the two organs located in the chest that are responsible for breathing, or the corresponding physical structure in other animals. It can be used in various contexts, such as in medical or scientific writing, literature, or everyday conversation. Example: The doctor examined the X-ray of the patient's lungs and determined that they were healthy. In this sentence, 'lungs' refers to the pair of organs responsible for breathing in the human body.
Nevertheless, my health has deteriorated to the point that only 20% of my lungs now work and my lung capacity has shrunk to less than the size of two Coke cans.
Given that poorer countries are likely to be hit hardest by the impacts of climate change from burning all that coal, the idea that they so desperately need fossil fuels feels a little like selling cigarettes to lung cancer sufferers.
The first is to highlight the "public scandal" of how little funding lung cancer receives compared with other cancers.
It was the mid-80s and heart and lung transplants were becoming common.
The graph contains nearly 100,000 edges - giving cyberspace the appearance of a human lung, with its incredibly fine lattice of filaments.
Football reduces the risk of heart and lung disease and diabetes by lowering blood pressure and body fat, improving cholesterol levels and the efficiency of the heart.
The data reveals for the first time that 66,500 women are alive who were diagnosed under the age of 45 more than 10 years ago, as well as 10,000 people with colorectal cancer, 2,000 people with lung cancer and 550 men with prostate cancer.
"The effect of ozone on the lungs is that it effectively kills lung tissue," Fred Richardson, media relations director of the Texas branch of the Sierra Club environmental group, said.
When his father died of lung cancer, Hon tried hard to quit.
If Serena Williams can bagel a fitter, younger opponent in the third set of a semi-final at a slam while appearing to be operating on half a lung and anaesthetised legs – as she did to beat the bewildered Timea Bacsinszky on Thursday – her opponent in Saturday's final, Lucie Safarova, has no chance.
Maurice Murphy died after a nasogastric tube was passed through his nose into his lung instead of into his stomach.
