Meaning | Any organ involved in the process of respiration. |
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Part of | respiratory system, systema respiratorium | The system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide |
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Narrower | book lung | organ in many arachnids containing many thin folds of membrane resembling the leaves of a book |
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gill, branchia | respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water |
lung | Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates |
Broader | internal organ, viscus | A main organ that is situated inside the body |
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Spanish | órgano respiratorio |
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Catalan | òrgan respiratori |
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