/ɔˈɹgʌnz/ - [orgunz] -
We found 3 definitions of organs from 3 different sources.
NounSingular: organ |
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organs - edible viscera of a butchered animal | ||
variety meat | ||
meat the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food | ||
giblet, giblets edible viscera of a fowl | ||
offal viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans | ||
heart a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it; "he led the queen of hearts"; "hearts were trumps" | ||
liver large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes | ||
sweetbread, sweetbreads edible glands of an animal | ||
brain that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord | ||
stomach sweetbread edible pancreas of an animal | ||
neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread edible thymus gland of an animal | ||
tongue the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot | ||
tripe lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food | ||
chitlings, chitlins, chitterlings small intestines of hogs prepared as food |