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organism
[ awr-guh-niz-uhm ]
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noun
a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
a form of life considered as an entity; an animal, plant, fungus, protistan, or moneran.
any organized body or system conceived of as analogous to a living being: the governmental organism.
any complex thing or system having properties and functions determined not only by the properties and relations of its individual parts, but by the character of the whole that they compose and by the relations of the parts to the whole.
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OTHER WORDS FROM organism
orĀ·ganĀ·isĀ·mic, orĀ·ganĀ·isĀ·mal, adjectiveorĀ·ganĀ·isĀ·miĀ·calĀ·ly, adverbsuĀ·perĀ·orĀ·ganĀ·ism, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH organism
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British Dictionary definitions for organism
organism
/ (ĖÉĖÉ”ÉĖnÉŖzÉm) /
noun
any living biological entity, such as an animal, plant, fungus, or bacterium
anything resembling a living creature in structure, behaviour, etc
Derived forms of organism
organismal or organismic, adjectiveorganismally, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Medical definitions for organism
organism
[ Ć“rā²gÉ-nÄzā²Ém ]
n.
An individual form of life, such as a plant, animal, bacterium, protist, or fungus; a body made up of organs, organelles, or other parts that work together to carry on the various processes of life.
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orā²ganā¢isā²mal (-nÄzā²mÉl) null adj.The American HeritageĀ® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Scientific definitions for organism
organism
[ Ć“rā²gÉ-nÄzā²Ém ]
An individual form of life that is capable of growing, metabolizing nutrients, and usually reproducing. Organisms can be unicellular or multicellular. They are scientifically divided into five different groups (called kingdoms) that include prokaryotes, protists, fungi, plants, and animals, and that are further subdivided based on common ancestry and homology of anatomic and molecular structures.
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