Organ

Definition:

  • (n.) An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.
  • (n.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants.
  • (n.) A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.
  • (n.) A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc.
  • (n.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ.
  • (v. t.) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize.

Compare organ with other words:

orgal vs. organ

member vs. organ

organ vs. reprehensible

flesh vs. organ

organ vs. uropoetic

organ vs. organonymy

diaheliotropism vs. organ

monorganic vs. organ

organ vs. organoplastic

browspot vs. organ

olfactor vs. organ

organ vs. osphradium

exstrophy vs. organ

nervimotion vs. organ

organ vs. vomica

hectocotylus vs. organ

lagena vs. organ

haustellum vs. organ

organ vs. urceolus

cephalization vs. organ

motory vs. organ

organ vs. repositor

lophophore vs. organ

dimidiate vs. organ

organ vs. synoecious

anteflexion vs. organ

organ vs. utricle

organ vs. sturt

organ vs. pneumology

deduplication vs. organ

organ vs. tonicity

organ vs. organography

organ vs. organicism

malposition vs. organ

mesonephros vs. organ

introitus vs. organ

antheridium vs. organ

organ vs. resect

coupler vs. organ

nephridium vs. organ

organ vs. tract

ectopy vs. organ

organ vs. organology

organ vs. perfusion

organ vs. sinusoid

organ vs. vernation

hermaphrodism vs. organ

organ vs. ovipositor

effector vs. organ

ambilateral vs. organ

associable vs. organ

infundibulum vs. organ

monopathy vs. organ

organ vs. peptic

erethism vs. organ

audial vs. organ

haematology vs. organ

disseminated vs. organ

hyperplasia vs. organ

organ vs. spinneret

organ vs. plethysmograph

fenestration vs. organ

blastema vs. organ

cortical vs. organ

organ vs. perfuse

hautboy vs. organ

mucro vs. organ

organ vs. spadix

clavier vs. organ

organ vs. postlude

organ vs. segment

organ vs. transplantation

clarino vs. organ

castrated vs. organ

dehiscence vs. organ

invaginate vs. organ

organ vs. whorl

organ vs. sulcus

irritability vs. organ

organ vs. stenosis

organ vs. perforation

ageing vs. organ

flexure vs. organ

organ vs. organogenesis

olfactory vs. organ

organ vs. parenchyma

carina vs. organ

organ vs. parietal

organ vs. ptosis

organ vs. velum

organ vs. vitals

organ vs. stroma

gynecology vs. organ

organ vs. tympanum

organ vs. pudic

languet vs. organ

krummhorn vs. organ

bourdon vs. organ

organ vs. stopped

auscultation vs. organ

musculature vs. organ

endoscopy vs. organ

endoscope vs. organ

organ vs. ostium

anchorage vs. organ

organ vs. undifferentiated

differentiate vs. organ

organ vs. sensor

organ vs. sensitivity

fistula vs. organ

organ vs. senescence

aging vs. organ

auditory vs. organ

exclave vs. organ

fundus vs. organ

organ vs. registration

inward vs. organ

hematology vs. organ

organ vs. viscus

furcula vs. organ

hypertrophy vs. organ

atrophy vs. organ

organ vs. ventricle

organ vs. sticker

organ vs. rattle

organ vs. ovary

gill vs. organ

decorticate vs. organ

organ vs. recipient

coherent vs. organ

gut vs. organ

organ vs. sucker

organ vs. regal

organ vs. telltale

dissect vs. organ

organ vs. spasm

calliope vs. organ

gamba vs. organ

acontia vs. organ

organ vs. transplant

organ vs. vestige

organ vs. tracker

implantation vs. organ

hermaphroditic vs. organ

fructification vs. organ

dilatation vs. organ

degeneration vs. organ

asexual vs. organ

hilum vs. organ

cyst vs. organ

beriberi vs. organ

organ vs. pectoral

intramural vs. organ

eviscerate vs. organ

organ vs. pleat

giblets vs. organ

organ vs. porta

organ vs. toaster

median vs. organ

gland vs. organ

muscle vs. organ

organ vs. tone

labium vs. organ

lung vs. organ

organ vs. pons

organ vs. trunk

leaf vs. organ

manual vs. organ

organ vs. tentacle

kidney vs. organ

instrumentality vs. organ

genitocrural vs. organ

organ vs. synergy

organ vs. stop

organ vs. organist

organ vs. organize

organ vs. organic

organ vs. species

cactus vs. organ

organ vs. publication

magazine vs. organ

organ vs. organization

organ vs. tissue

body vs. organ

organ vs. organism

organ vs. stomach

liver vs. organ

heart vs. organ

organ vs. piano

oar vs. organ

adherent vs. organ

organ vs. womb

lose vs. organ

foot vs. organ

organ vs. tongue

organ vs. stem

neuter vs. organ

copula vs. organ

keyboard vs. organ

absorption vs. organ

organ vs. wall