Organism
31organism — noun Date: circa 1774 1. a complex structure of interdependent and subordinate elements whose relations and properties are largely determined by their function in the whole 2. an individual constituted to carry on the activities of life by means… …
32organism — any living entity …
33organism — n. [Gr. organon, instrument] Any individual living thing …
34organism — noun /ˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm,ˈɔɹ.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/ a) A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism. b) Any complex thing with properties normally associated with living things …
35organism — Any living individual, whether plant or animal, considered as a whole. calculated mean o. (CMO) a hypothetical o. whose characters are the means of both the positive and negative characters of the organisms which belong to the same taxon as the… …
36organism — an individual living thing …
37organism — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ developing, growing, living ▪ simple ▪ complex, higher ▪ biological ▪ …
38ORGANISM — a structure instinct with life, and possessed of organs that discharge functions subordinate and ministrative to the life of the whole …
39organísm — s. n., pl. organísme …
40organism — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. person, organic structure, bion, morphon, physiological individual, morphological individual; see also animal 1 , body 1 , plant . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. life form, being, creature, animal, plant, cell …
