major organ

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandorgan

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major
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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organ
noun
uk
/ˈɔː.ɡən/us
/ˈɔːr.ɡən/
a part of the body of an animal or plant that performs a ...
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(Definition ofmajorandorganfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Only double inlet left ventricle and cor triatriatum had no associatedmajororgandefects.
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In the remainder of the cases less than 10% had associatedmajororgandefects.
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Lungs are amajororgansite of cytomegalovirus latency and recurrence.
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Moreover, only those who have developed signs of severe damage in at least onemajororganor organ system are usually selected for this risky procedure.
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Last year, more than 5,000 people hadmajororgantransplants.
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If the sufferer survives, she or he risksmajororgandamage with impaired quality of life and reduced life expectancy.
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There are othermajororgantransplants which have taken place—liver and lung transplants.
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The medical profession advises me, no doubt correctly, that the hazards arising from tissue rejection following the transplant of amajororganare very great.
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The family were informed half an hour before he died that he had been suffering from stomach cancer and that it had spread, causingmajororganfailure.
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Consequently, this can affect peripheral and central perfusion that can affect allmajororgansystems in the body.
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In some ways, it is similar to other donations such as blood andmajororgandonations.
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Severe disease of nearly allmajororgansystems can cause hypoglycemia as a secondary problem.
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Anorexia nervosa, and the associated malnutrition that results from self-imposed starvation, can cause severe complications in everymajororgansystem in the body.
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As infants, nonverbal communication is learned from social-emotional communication, making the face rather than words themajororganof communication.
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Chronic rejection explains long-term morbidity in most lung-transplant recipients, the median survival roughly 4.7 years, about half the span versus othermajororgantransplants.
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Hyperhomocysteinemia also affects three othermajororgansystems including the ocular, central nervous, and skeletal.
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The plague is highly virulent and eventually leads tomajororganfailure.
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Similar aneurysms are also seen in the large muscular arteries themselves outside the major organs.
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The liver is themajororganof de novo synthesis of all four nucleotides.
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