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EXTERNAL ORGAN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does external organ mean?

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

1. an organ that is situated on or near the surface of the body

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

Dictionary entry details

• EXTERNAL ORGAN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An organ that is situated on or near the surface of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("external 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 "external organ"):

external ear; outer ear (the part of the ear visible externally)

precordium (the external surface of the body overlying the heart and stomach)

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