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Word: Organ
Speech Type: Noun
late Old English organ, via Latin from Greek organon ‘tool, instrument, sense organ’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French organe
ˈɔːɡ(ə)n
a part of an organism which is typically self-contained and has a specific vital function
Short Definition:part of organism
Examples:- the internal organs
a large musical instrument having rows of pipes supplied with air from bellows (now usually electrically powered), and played using a keyboard or by an automatic mechanism. The pipes are generally arranged in ranks of a particular type, each controlled by a stop, and often into larger sets linked to separate keyboards.
Short Definition:musical instrument with rows of pipes
a department or organization that performs a specified function
Short Definition:department or organization
Examples:- the organs of local government
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