organs Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun edible viscera of a butchered animal
   variety meat.
   
2. noun a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
   organ.
   
3. noun a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
   organ.
   
   • The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department
4. noun (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
   electronic organ; electric organ; organ; Hammond organ.
   
5. noun a periodical that is published by a special interest group
   organ.
   
   • the organ of the communist party
6. noun wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
   pipe organ; organ.
   
7. noun a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
   reed organ; harmonium; organ.
   

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