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Lung vs Nocardiosis - What's the difference?

lung | nocardiosis |

As nouns the difference between lung and nocardiosis

is that lung is (anatomy) a biological organ that extracts oxygen from the air while nocardiosis is an infectious disease affecting either the lungs or the whole body, caused by infection by bacteria of the genus.

lung

English

(wikipedia lung)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) A biological organ that extracts oxygen from the air.
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    Synonyms

    * (organ) (in the plural) bellows (informal or archaic), (in the plural) lights

    Derived terms

    * aqualung * iron lung * leather-lunged * lungfish * lung flower * lung lichen * lungful * lung sac * lungwort

    nocardiosis

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia nocardiosis)
  • An infectious disease affecting either the lungs or the whole body, caused by infection by bacteria of the genus .