Smokers are far more likely to develop lung cancer than non-smokers are.
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Lung
//ˈlʌŋ//
Synonyms for "lung" (52 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (26)
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2 entriespart of
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22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
275 translations across 218 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- арԥҳа noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Afrikaans
1 entries- long noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Albanian
1 entries- mushkëri noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Aleut
1 entries- humgix̂ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Amharic
1 entries- ሳምባ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πλεύμων noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- πνεύμων noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Arabic
4 entries- رية noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- رِئة noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- رِئَة noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- سَحَر noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Aragonese
1 entries- pulmón noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Armenian
1 entries- թոք noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Aromanian
2 entries- plimunã noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- pãlmunã noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Assamese
1 entries- হাঁওফাঁও noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Asturian
1 entries- pulmón noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Avar
1 entries- гъуърул noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- ağciyər noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- öfgə noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Bahnar
1 entries- dơsoh noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Bambara
1 entries- fogonfogon noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Bashkir
1 entries- үпкә noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Basque
1 entries- birika noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Bau Bidayuh
1 entries- osuop noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Belarusian
1 entries- лёгкае noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Bengali
1 entries- ফুসফুস noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Bezhta
2 entries- пийтӏи noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- пиртӏи noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Breton
1 entries- skevent noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Bulgarian
1 entries- бял дроб noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Burmese
1 entries- အဆုတ် noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Buryat
1 entries- уушхан noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Catalan
1 entries- pulmó noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Cebuano
1 entries- baga noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Central Atlas Tamazight
2 entries- ⵜⴰⵔⵓⵜ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- ⵜⵓⵔⵜ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- سی noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Central Melanau
1 entries- atai sup noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Chechen
1 entries- пах noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏧᏪᎳ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Chichewa
1 entries- phapo noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Chinese
2 entries- физы noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- 肺 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 肺 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- 肺臟 /肺脏 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 肺 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- 肺臟 /肺脏 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Chuvash
1 entries- ӳпке noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Corsican
3 entries- pulmone noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- pulmoni noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- pulmonu noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Cree
2 entries- ᐅᐦᐸᐣ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- ᒥᐦᐸᐣ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Czech
1 entries- plíce noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Danish
1 entries- lunge noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Dari
2 entries- رِیَه noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- شُش noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Drung
1 entries- rvseu noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Dupaningan Agta
1 entries- gasa noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Dutch
1 entries- long noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Eastern Cham
1 entries- ꨎꩆꨓꨭꩃ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 肺 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Egyptian
2 entries- w-f-A-F51 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- z:U2-zmA-F51 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Erzya
2 entries- мельке noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- тевеляв noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Esperanto
1 entries- pulmo noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Estonian
1 entries- kops noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Evenki
1 entries- эвтэл noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Farefare
1 entries- vulũnvuugo noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Faroese
1 entries- lunga noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Finnish
1 entries- keuhko noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
French
1 entries- poumon noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Friulian
1 entries- palmon noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Galician
4 entries- boche noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- bofe noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- corada noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- livián noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Georgian
1 entries- ფილტვი noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
German
1 entries- Lunge noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Greek
1 entries- πνεύμονας noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Gujarati
1 entries- ફેફસું noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- poumon noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 肺 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Hausa
1 entries- huhu noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Hawaiian
1 entries- akemāmā noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Hebrew
2 entries- רֵאָה noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- ריאה noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Hidatsa
1 entries- náaxu noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Higaonon
1 entries- baga noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Hindi
2 entries- फुफ्फुस noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- फेफड़ा noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Hungarian
1 entries- tüdő noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Lung noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Hunzib
1 entries- пыртӏи noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Icelandic
2 entries- lunga noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- lungu noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Ido
1 entries- pulmono noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Igbo
1 entries- nkpofunu noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Ilocano
1 entries- bara noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Indonesian
2 entries- paru-paru noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- rabu noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Ingrian
2 entries- kerkiäliha noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- ljohkoi noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Ingush
1 entries- пехк noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Interlingua
1 entries- pulmon noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- رِیِه noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- شُش noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Irish
1 entries- scamhóg noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Isnag
1 entries- baxa noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Italian
1 entries- polmone noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Iu Mien
1 entries- piom noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Japanese
2 entries- 肺 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- 肺臓 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Kalmyk
1 entries- оошк noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Kannada
1 entries- ಉಸಿರುಕ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Kanuri
1 entries- fúfù noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Kapampangan
1 entries- baga noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Kazakh
1 entries- өкпе noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Khmer
1 entries- សួត noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Korean
3 entries- 부아 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- 폐 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- 허파 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- өпкө noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Ladino
1 entries- pulmón noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Laki
2 entries- سوی noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- پوفی noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Lao
1 entries- ປອດ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Latgalian
1 entries- pļauškys noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Latin
1 entries- pulmo noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Latvian
1 entries- plaušas noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Laz
1 entries- purpu noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Lingala
1 entries- lipululu noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Linngithigh
1 entries- mbar noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Lithuanian
1 entries- plaučiai noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Low German
1 entries- Lung noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Luhya
1 entries- embafu noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Luo
1 entries- obo noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Lutuv
1 entries- pacah noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Long noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Macedonian
1 entries- бел дроб noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Maguindanao
1 entries- baga noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Malagasy
1 entries- havokavoka noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Malay
2 entries- paru noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- paru-paru noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Malayalam
1 entries- ശ്വാസകോശം noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Maltese
1 entries- pulmun noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡠᡶᡠᡥᡠ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Mansaka
1 entries- baga noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Maranao
1 entries- baga' noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Marathi
1 entries- फुफ्फुस noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Meru
1 entries- mauri noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Mirandese
1 entries- pulmon noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Miyako
1 entries- フク noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Mongolian
1 entries- уушги noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Moore
1 entries- fulfuugu noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Māori
2 entries- atewharowharo noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- pūkahukahu noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Nahuatl
2 entries- tochichi noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- tochichin noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Nanai
1 entries- хэутэ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Navajo
1 entries- ajéí yilzólii noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Naxi
1 entries- cherl noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Nepali
1 entries- फोक्सो noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
North Frisian
1 entries- Lung noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- pişik noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- pişik noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- sîh noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Northern Min Chinese
1 entries- 肺 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Northern Sami
1 entries- geahpis noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lunge noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- lunge noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Occitan
1 entries- palmon noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Ojibwe
1 entries- nipan noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- плюща noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Old English
1 entries- lungen noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Old Spanish
1 entries- pulmon noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Oromo
1 entries- somba noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Ossetian
1 entries- рӕуӕг noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- آق جگر noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- اویكن noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- جگر noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- плюцо noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Pashto
1 entries- سږى noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Piedmontese
1 entries- polmon noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Polish
1 entries- płuco noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Portuguese
1 entries- pulmão noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਫੇਫੜਾ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Quechua
1 entries- puiwan noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Rarotongan
1 entries- atemāmā noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Romagnol
1 entries- palmôn noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Romanian
3 entries- plămân noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- plămâni noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- pulmon noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Romansch
4 entries- leav noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- lev noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- lom noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- lomm noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Russian
1 entries- лёгкое noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
S'gaw Karen
1 entries- ပသိၣ် noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Samoan
1 entries- māmā noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Sanskrit
1 entries- फुफ्फुस noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Santali
1 entries- ᱵᱳᱠᱳ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Sardinian
4 entries- pimone noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- piumone noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- piumoni noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- primmone noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sgamhan noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- plúća noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- plúće noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- плу́ћа noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- плу́ће noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Shan
1 entries- ပွတ်ႇ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Sherpa
1 entries- གློའ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Sicilian
1 entries- purmuna noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Sinhalese
1 entries- පෙනහැල්ල noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Slovak
1 entries- pľúca noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Slovene
1 entries- pljuča noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Somali
1 entries- sambab noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Southern Altai
1 entries- ӧкпӧ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Southern Kurdish
1 entries- سۊە noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Spanish
1 entries- pulmón noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- fokofoko noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Swahili
1 entries- pafu noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Swedish
1 entries- lunga noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Tagalog
2 entries- baga noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- pulmon noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Tajik
1 entries- шуш noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Tamil
1 entries- நுரையீரல் noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Tangut
1 entries- 𗮺 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Taos
1 entries- hǫ́luną noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Tarifit
1 entries- tarut noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Tatar
1 entries- үпкә noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Telugu
1 entries- ఊపిరితిత్తి noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Thai
1 entries- ปอด noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Tibetan
1 entries- གློ་བ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ሳንቡእ noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- waitlewa noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- wetlewa noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Tongan
1 entries- maʻamaʻa noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Turkish
1 entries- akciğer noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Turkmen
1 entries- öýken noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Tuvan
1 entries- өкпе noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Ukrainian
1 entries- леге́ня noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Urdu
1 entries- پھیپْھڑا noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئۆپكە noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Uzbek
1 entries- oʻpka noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Venetan
1 entries- polmon noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phổi noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Volapük
1 entries- lueg noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Walloon
1 entries- peumon noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Welsh
1 entries- ysgyfaint noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
West Coast Bajau
2 entries- kura' noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- kura' noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
West-Frisian
1 entries- long noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Western Apache
1 entries- bijííʼizólé noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Western Bukidnon Manobo
1 entries- baɣa' noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
White Hmong
1 entries- ntsws noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Woiwurrung
2 entries- ninine-butj noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- woorba-oollook noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Wolof
1 entries- xëtër noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 肺 noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Xhosa
1 entries- iphaphu noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Yakut
1 entries- тыҥа noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Yami
1 entries- apoaw noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Ye'kwana
1 entries- tawa noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Yiddish
1 entries- לונג noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Zhuang
2 entries- aenbwt noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
- bwt noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Zulu
1 entries- iphaphu noun (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Is there a link between smoking and lung cancer?
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Smoking is responsible for many cases of lung cancer.
Source: tatoeba (19964)
The surgeon operated on her for lung cancer.
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