organismic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- organismically adverb
Example Sentences
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Their diversity makes it tricky to pin down a single common benefit for their body plan, said Joanna Wolfe, a research associate in organismic and evolutionary biology at Harvard University.
From Scientific American • Jun. 1, 2023
So shows science writer Linda Geddes in her deft study of chronobiology, the science of organismic cycles in relation to solar rhythms.
From Nature • Jan. 7, 2019
It may be beneficial for an infected person to cough up or sneeze out some of her tiny organismic invaders, although it isn’t so healthful for others nearby.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2012
The machinery of civilization was a living body, with organismic Man as its brain.
From Way of a Rebel by Miller, Walter M.
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