organs

plural of organ

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Recent Examples of organs The disease, which has no cure, affects multiple organs, including the brain, nerves, muscles, and liver, and symptoms can be wide-ranging and debilitating. Miranda Jeyaretnam, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025 While its outer tissues may freeze solid, its internal organs remain unharmed. Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 Her lungs, kidneys, liver and other organs were at risk of damage, and she was sent to the emergency room for immediate treatment. Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025 In women and people with female reproductive organs who have the condition, the tissue grows outside the womb, in all sorts of unsuitable places. Lucia Osborne-Crowley, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2025 The disease affects approximately 1 in 10 Britons with female reproductive organs, and 11% of those in the US, and has an enormous impact on our quality of life, our work, our social lives. Lucia Osborne-Crowley, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2025 Transgenic mice are mice with modified DNA, which biomedical researchers use to study how genes impact disease and health, or how human diseases and organs might respond to medications. Kiona N. Smith, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025 Conventionally, donor organs are simply kept on ice and are transported on charter flights. Alex Knapp, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 Surgery — like the type Paige-Angulo had — may be needed to remove the tissue and adhesions, which are fibrous bands that connect organs that would otherwise be separate, the National Library of Medicine explains. Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for organs
Noun
  • The portfolio consists primarily of interest-yielding debt instruments.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Employing a combination of creative thinking and advanced instruments, researchers wanted to identify when the child had died, as its existence proved that Neanderthals and humans met and mated.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Eric has been writing and talking about sports for newspapers and media outlets for more than 30 years.
    Eric Stephens, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • While print versions of newspapers and magazines have declined dramatically, as millions of people now get their information through social media on their mobile devices, the popularity of books has increased.
    Dean Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, school libraries have long served as vehicles to expose students to a broad array of ideas from authors who express unique, personal points of view.
    Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Highway Operations Center will be keeping an eye on Connecticut roads and look out for disabled vehicles and any crashes, Morgan said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Since then, the company has expanded into diaries, planners, journals, bags, writing instruments, reading accessories, publishing and digital tools.
    Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
  • At the same time, CDC reportedly is limiting the ability of staff to publish research in academic journals.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Google has launched tools and services enabling developers and business users to build agents.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • At Cloud Next, Google Cloud’s annual user conference, the company presented its vision for AI agents.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Directed by Marshall Curry, who also produces alongside Xan Parker, the doc follows the editors, writers and creatives behind the scenes of one of the last print magazines of our time, offering unprecedented access to its inner workings, its contributors, and its archives.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
  • This might include card games, fidget toys, coloring books, brain puzzles, magazines, sticker books—whatever your kid likes.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Investments focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors tend to favor companies that score highly on certain criteria, such as climate change, human rights or corporate transparency.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025
  • For Supplemental Security Income (SSI), the benefit amount varies based on factors such as income, type of disability and the number of people in the household.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Ashley had a black eye when the police gained entry to her apartment and found the social media star unconscious on her bathroom floor, per the British outlet.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The social media clip continues, with footage showing McCreery reacting to the moment while backstage.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Organs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organs. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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