INTERNAL ORGAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does internal organ mean? 

• INTERNAL ORGAN (noun)
  The noun INTERNAL ORGAN has 1 sense:

1. a main organ that is situated inside the body

  Familiarity information: INTERNAL ORGAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNAL ORGAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A main organ that is situated inside the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

internal organ; viscus

Hypernyms ("internal organ" is a kind of...):

organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "internal organ"):

entrails; innards; viscera (internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity))

excretory organ; urinary organ (an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them)

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)

heart; pump; ticker (the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body)

breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)

respiratory organ (any organ involved in the process of respiration)

bowel; gut; intestine (the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus)

hindgut (the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos)

 Context examples 

It is the largest internal organ of the body, weighting up to 2 kg.

(Liver, NCI Thesaurus)

The site of the surgical exposure of an internal organ or tissue.

(Exteriorization Site, NCI Thesaurus)

A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the internal organ systems of adults.

(Internal Medicine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is characterized by the presence of sebaceous skin tumors (adenoma or carcinoma), and internal organ malignant tumors, usually of the gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract.

(Muir-Torre Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A hernia happens when part of an internal organ or tissue bulges through a weak area of muscle.

(Hernia, NIH)

The bulging of an internal organ through a weak area or tear in the muscle or other tissue that holds it in place.

(Hernia, NCI Dictionary)

The most common injury diagnoses included laceration, contusion, and internal organ injury, Android Authority reported.

(Mobile phone could cause physical pain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)