Organism - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈɔːrɡənɪzəm|
Brit.
|ˈɔːɡ(ə)nɪz(ə)m|
noun
- a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently (syn: being)
- a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
- a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
the social organism
Extra examples
A human being is a complex organism.
The global economy is a complex organism.
A society is essentially an organism.
All living organisms have to adapt to changes in environmental conditions.
Genes operate together in determining the characteristics of an individual organism.
I am, nevertheless, a multicellular organism of reasonably complex structure ...
Every form of conscious life, from the lowest sensitive organism upward.
Word forms
noun
singular: organism
plural: organisms
singular: organism
plural: organisms
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