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end organs

end organs is the plural of end organ.

Meaning of end organ

Noun

end organ (plural end organs)

  1. A small organ at the terminal end of a nerve conduction pathway.
  2. The ultimately affected organ in a chain of events, such as a disease process (pathophysiology) or a drug's mechanism of action (sometimes called a target organ in this sense).

Questions about end organs

What is end organs the plural of?
End organs is the plural of end organ.

Words near end organs in the dictionary

  1. end off
  2. end on
  3. end one's days
  4. end one's life
  5. end organ
  6. end organs
  7. end out
  8. end piece
  9. end pieces
  10. end play
  11. end point

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