lung

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ collapsed, diseased, injured, punctured

▪ healthy

▪ transplanted

VERB + LUNG

▪ fill

▪

I opened the window and filled my lungs with cool fresh air.

▪ clear, empty

▪

Coughing clears the lungs of mucus.

▪ block, choke, clog

▪

The smoke was beginning to choke her lungs.

▪ damage

▪ enter

▪

Water had entered his lungs and he was choking.

▪ penetrate, pierce, puncture

▪ infect

▪ burn

▪

The smoke was burning his lungs.

▪ remove

LUNG + VERB

▪ work

▪

Your heart and lungs have to work harder if you're overweight.

▪ heave

▪ fill

▪

I let my lungs fill with the scented air.

▪ collapse

▪ burst (figurative)

▪

Lungs bursting, she flew across the finish line.

▪ ache, hurt

▪

Her lungs ached from the exertion.

▪ burn

LUNG + NOUN

▪ capacity, power

▪ ailment, cancer, condition, disease, infection, inflammation, injury, problems, tumour/tumor

▪ cell, surface, tissue

▪ function

▪ volume

▪ transplant, transplantation

▪ surgery

▪ biopsy, scan

PREPOSITION

▪ in the lung

▪

levels of carbon dioxide in the lungs

▪ into the lung

▪

These particles are breathed into the lungs.

▪ on the lung

▪

He had blood clots on the lung.