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Organism

Organism Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Organism? [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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Organism: being Related Terms \| Find terms related to Organism: 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 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 Organism In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Organism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Organism?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Organism: being

Organism In Webster's Dictionary

\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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