Organ

Noun

 * 1) A largest part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
 * 2)  A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed, or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
 * 3) An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
 * 4) A species of cactus (Stenocereus thurberi)
 * 5)  The penis.

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:organ

Derived terms

 * barrel organ
 * house organ
 * internal organ
 * mouth organ
 * sense organ
 * sex organ
 * storage organ
 * swell organ
 * vital organ

Related terms

 * organelle
 * organic
 * organise or organize
 * organism
 * organist

Adjectives for Organ
full-toned; deep-throated; vital; bodily; singular; discordant; lovely; mysterious; visual; sensual; improper; charming; delicate; deep-laboring; digestive; unique; damaged; sentient; rudimentary; reproductive; respiratory: administrative; generative; ardent; delegated; virile; olfactory.

Verbs for Organ
affect—; attack—; cleanse—; congest—; de¬range—; enliven—; impair—; inflame— invade—; irrigate—; irritate—; nourish— tone up—; tune—to; vitalize—; —atrophies '—decays; —functions; —recuperates.

Thesaurus
Charlie McCarthy, Hammond organ, affiliate, agency, agent, ancilla, annual, appendage, appliance, arm, baroque organ, bimonthly, biweekly, bough, branch, branch office, calliope, calliophone, channel, chapter, choralcelo, component, contrivance, creature, daily, daybook, device, diary, division, dummy, dupe, electric organ, electro-pneumatic organ, element, ephemeris, fortnightly, forum, gazette, go-between, hand, handmaid, handmaiden, harmonium, hebdomadal, hydraulic organ, imp, implement, instrument, instrumentality, instrumentation, interagent, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, joint, journal, leg, lever, limb, link, lobe, lobule, local, lodge, magazine, mean, mechanism, mediator, medium, melodeon, melodica, member, midwife, minion, ministry, monthly, mouthpiece, newsletter, newsmagazine, newspaper, offshoot, orchestrelle, organophone, paper, part, pawn, periodical, pictorial, pinion, pipe organ, plaything, post, process, publication, puppet, quarterly, ramification, reed organ, review, runner, scion, seraphine, serial, servant, slave, slick magazine, spray, sprig, spur, steam organ, stooge, structure, switch, symphonion, tail, tendril, tool, toy, tracker-action organ, trade magazine, tubular-pneumatic organ, twig, unit, vehicle, vocalion, voice, weekly, wing, yearbook

Etymology
From organum: <  ὄργανον: < *undefined:.

Translations

 * Arabic: عضو
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 * Latvian: orgāns
 * Lithuanian: organas
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 * Telugu: అంగము, అవయవము
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 * Afrikaans: orrel
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 * Japanese:
 * Latin: organum tubulatum
 * Latvian: ērģeles
 * Luxembourgish: Uergel
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 * Volapük: gel
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 * Volapük: gel
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 * Persian: (tarjomān)
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 * : vargonai

Anagrams

 * argon
 * Goran
 * groan

Noun

 * 1) organ

Noun

 * 1) organ (part of an organism)

Noun

 * 1)  an organ (a part of the body)
 * 2)  a voice (of a singer or actor)
 * Hon förenade med ett utmärkt teateryttre en hög grad af intelligens, en ypperlig organ och en förträfflig deklamationskonst
 * She combined with excellent theatrical looks a high degree of intelligence, an extraordinary voice and a splendid mastery of declamation
 * 1) an organ; a newspaper (of an organization, i.e. its voice)

Related terms

 * föreningsorgan
 * nyhetsorgan
 * organdonation
 * partiorgan