Meaning of ORGANISM
| Pronunciation: | | 'orgu`nizum
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- [n] a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
- [n] a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body; "the social organism"
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| | Synonyms: | | being |
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| | See Also: | | aerobe, amphidiploid, anaerobe, animal, animalcule, animalculum, animate being, animate thing, atavist, beast, body part, brute, cell, clon, clone, commensal, congenator, congener, creature, crossbreed, denizen, diploid, eucaryote, eukaryote, fauna, flora, haploid, heteroploid, host, human, hybrid, individual, katharobe, living thing, mascot, microorganism, mortal, mutant, mutation, myrmecophile, nekton, nonvascular organism, parasite, person, plankton, plant, plant life, polymorph, polyploid, procaryote, prokaryote, relative, relict, saprobe, saprophyte, saprophytic organism, sitter, somebody, someone, soul, sport, stander, system, throwback, tissue, utterer, variation, vocaliser, vocalizer, zooid | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Or"gan*ism\, n. [Cf. F. organisme.]
1. Organic structure; organization. ``The advantageous
organism of the eye.'' --Grew.
2. (Biol.) An organized being; a living body, either
vegetable or animal, compozed of different organs or parts
with functions which are separate, but mutually dependent,
and essential to the life of the individual.
Note: Some of the lower forms of life are so simple in
structure as to be without organs, but are still called
organisms, since they have different parts analogous in
functions to the organs of higher plants and animals.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A generic word for any living species, animal or plant. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Any living thing. |
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| | Related Terms: | | aerobic organism, an existence, anaerobic organism, anatomy, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, autotrophic organism, being, body, build, building, composition, conformation, constitution, construction, creation, creature, critter, entelechy, entity, fabric, fabrication, fashion, fashioning, forging, form, format, formation, frame, genetic individual, getup, heterotrophic organism, individual, life, living being, living thing, make, makeup, making, manufacture, microbe, microorganism, mold, molding, monad, morphological individual, object, ont, organic being, organic structure, organization, pattern, patterning, person, persona, personality, physiological individual, physique, plan, production, setup, shape, shaping, something, soul, structure, structuring, tectonics, texture, thing, tissue, unit, virus, warp and woof, weave, web, zooid, zoon |
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