organism

[ awr-guh-niz-uhm ]

/ ˈɔr gəˌnɪz əm /

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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.

Origin of organism

First recorded in 1655–65; organ + -ism

SYNONYMS FOR organism

4 organization, network, entity, structure.

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OTHER WORDS FROM organism

or·gan·is·mic, or·gan·is·mal, adjectiveor·gan·is·mi·cal·ly, adverbsu·per·or·gan·ism, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH organism

organism , orgasm

Words nearby organism

organic molecules, organic murmur, organic psychosis, organic solidarity, organic vertigo, organism, organist, organization, organizational culture, organizational psychology, organization chart

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for organism

Many speakers railed against uncertainties in releasing genetically engineered organisms.
Genetically modified mosquitoes have been OK’d for a first U.S. test flight|Susan Milius|August 22, 2020|Science News
To understand sex completely, we need an explanation that goes back to the primordial soup of very early complex organisms and the immediate survival pressures they were under.
Sex Is Driven by the Impetus to Change - Issue 88: Love & Sex|Jill Neimark|August 12, 2020|Nautilus
Cogdell wasn’t fully convinced at first that this approach would hold up for other photosynthetic organisms, such as the purple bacteria and green sulfur bacteria that live underwater and are named for the colors their pigments reflect.
Why Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis.|Rodrigo Pérez Ortega|July 30, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Metabolisms are so low that these organisms can survive by consuming this ancient food matter.
He Found ‘Islands of Fertility’ Beneath Antarctica’s Ice|Steve Nadis|July 20, 2020|Quanta Magazine

“You can literally interpret the body of an organism as a guess about the structure of the environment,” Ramstead said.
What Is an Individual? Biology Seeks Clues in Information Theory.|Jordana Cepelewicz|July 16, 2020|Quanta Magazine
They need to become streamlined: an organism that is basically very primitive.
Vampires without Glitter or Girl Problems: Inside Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Strain’|Andrew Romano|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
WGA is classified as a lectin—a term for a protein produced by an organism to protect itself from predation.
Wheat Threatens All Humans, New Research Shows|David Perlmutter, MD|December 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And those necessary steps tend to mean that the organism behaves as a unit.
Rediscovering Richard Dawkins: An Interview|J.P. O’Malley|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It decides to pounce on a prey, to hide in the grass, to take off and fly, so the organism does behave as a very unitary entity.
Rediscovering Richard Dawkins: An Interview|J.P. O’Malley|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Gerwig: Sometimes we had that element of moving as one organism: the damsels.
The Damsels in ‘Damsels in Distress’ Discuss the Film, Director Whit Stillman, and Women in Films|Geoff Berkshire|April 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I will describe this double stage of the organism by the phrase 'larval dimorphism.'
The Life of the Fly|J. Henri Fabre
Thus, great size in an organism is likely to be produced at the expense of the germinal cell-forming molecules.
The Making of Species|Douglas Dewar
No matter how well you may know each single part, yet you will not understand the whole machine or organism by this means alone.
The Positive Outcome of Philosophy|Joseph Dietzgen
Every variation of every organism is in some measure determined by the constitution of the organism.
Theism|Robert Flint
Dying is that breakdown in an organism which throws it out of correspondence with some necessary part of the environment.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World|Henry Drummond

British Dictionary definitions for organism

organism

/ (ˈɔːɡəˌnɪzəm) /

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, adverb

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for organism

organism

[ ôr′gə-nĭz′əm ]

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.

Other words from organism

or′gan•is′mal (-nĭz′məl) null adj.

Scientific definitions for organism

organism

[ ôr′gə-nĭz′əm ]

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.

单词	organism
释义	organism [ awr-guh-niz-uhm ] / ˈɔr gəˌnɪz əm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR organism ON THESAURUS.COM 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. Origin of organism First recorded in 1655–65; organ + -ism SYNONYMS FOR organism 4 organization, network, entity, structure. SEE SYNONYMS FOR organism ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM organism or·gan·is·mic, or·gan·is·mal, adjectiveor·gan·is·mi·cal·ly, adverbsu·per·or·gan·ism, noun WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH organism organism , orgasm Words nearby organism organic molecules, organic murmur, organic psychosis, organic solidarity, organic vertigo, organism, organist, organization, organizational culture, organizational psychology, organization chart Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for organism Many speakers railed against uncertainties in releasing genetically engineered organisms. Genetically modified mosquitoes have been OK’d for a first U.S. test flight\|Susan Milius\|August 22, 2020\|Science News To understand sex completely, we need an explanation that goes back to the primordial soup of very early complex organisms and the immediate survival pressures they were under. Sex Is Driven by the Impetus to Change - Issue 88: Love & Sex\|Jill Neimark\|August 12, 2020\|Nautilus Cogdell wasn’t fully convinced at first that this approach would hold up for other photosynthetic organisms, such as the purple bacteria and green sulfur bacteria that live underwater and are named for the colors their pigments reflect. Why Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis.\|Rodrigo Pérez Ortega\|July 30, 2020\|Quanta Magazine Metabolisms are so low that these organisms can survive by consuming this ancient food matter. He Found ‘Islands of Fertility’ Beneath Antarctica’s Ice\|Steve Nadis\|July 20, 2020\|Quanta Magazine “You can literally interpret the body of an organism as a guess about the structure of the environment,” Ramstead said. What Is an Individual? Biology Seeks Clues in Information Theory.\|Jordana Cepelewicz\|July 16, 2020\|Quanta Magazine They need to become streamlined: an organism that is basically very primitive. Vampires without Glitter or Girl Problems: Inside Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Strain’\|Andrew Romano\|July 14, 2014\|DAILY BEAST WGA is classified as a lectin—a term for a protein produced by an organism to protect itself from predation. Wheat Threatens All Humans, New Research Shows\|David Perlmutter, MD\|December 10, 2013\|DAILY BEAST And those necessary steps tend to mean that the organism behaves as a unit. Rediscovering Richard Dawkins: An Interview\|J.P. O’Malley\|September 23, 2013\|DAILY BEAST It decides to pounce on a prey, to hide in the grass, to take off and fly, so the organism does behave as a very unitary entity. Rediscovering Richard Dawkins: An Interview\|J.P. O’Malley\|September 23, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Gerwig: Sometimes we had that element of moving as one organism: the damsels. The Damsels in ‘Damsels in Distress’ Discuss the Film, Director Whit Stillman, and Women in Films\|Geoff Berkshire\|April 5, 2012\|DAILY BEAST I will describe this double stage of the organism by the phrase 'larval dimorphism.' The Life of the Fly\|J. Henri Fabre Thus, great size in an organism is likely to be produced at the expense of the germinal cell-forming molecules. The Making of Species\|Douglas Dewar No matter how well you may know each single part, yet you will not understand the whole machine or organism by this means alone. The Positive Outcome of Philosophy\|Joseph Dietzgen Every variation of every organism is in some measure determined by the constitution of the organism. Theism\|Robert Flint Dying is that breakdown in an organism which throws it out of correspondence with some necessary part of the environment. Natural Law in the Spiritual World\|Henry Drummond British Dictionary definitions for organism organism / (ˈɔːɡəˌnɪzəm) / 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, adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to organism structure, animal, creature, being, person, plant, body, entity Medical definitions for organism organism [ ôr′gə-nĭz′əm ] 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. Other words from organism or′gan•is′mal (-nĭz′məl) null adj. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for organism organism [ ôr′gə-nĭz′əm ] 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. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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organism

noun

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noun

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n.

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