organism
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈɔrɡənɪzəm/
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organismo
- An organism can be as small as a bacterium or as large as a blue whale.
- living organisms
- genetically modified organisms
- whole organism
Take take some fairly humble Organism, let's say a rabbit.
- Take take some fairly humble Organism, let's say a rabbit.
- We mean what is within the Organism as a living thing.
- He was particularly concerned with how living organisms maintained order.
- And the key is making an Organism where cells do different things.
- And so life has developed in a way that most organisms are multicellular.
- Each one of them has the genome That describes the entire Organism, not itself.
- What would the what would be the living organisms occupying those ships?
- There are literally billions of organisms, billions, billions of organisms.
Examples
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There are trillions of species of organisms in a handful of soil.
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Think about organisms like us or organisms like bacteria.
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We mean what is within the Organism as a living thing.
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We mean some kind of living Organism that will do something interesting.
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Now, do you know what the largest living organism in the world is'?
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How can you tell if some sort of Organism is capable of consciousness?
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In large numbers of species of organisms, birds are an example.
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Many marine animals, birds, and other living organisms in its path were injured or killed.
Academic text (2012) -
The DDC is a living and breathing organism; we make changes every day.
Academic text (2013) -
For weeks, I was surrounded by all kinds of organisms, larvae of all sorts.
Synonyms
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2.3
A single person or animal regarded separately from a group
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2.8
A plant, an animal, or a tiny organism
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1.0
A plant, animal, or small creature that grows and needs food and water
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3.7
A living thing like an animal, plant, or tiny creature
A single living thing like a cell or animal
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.4
A living thing that makes its own food from sunlight or chemicals, like plants
A very small living thing like bacteria or fungi that you can only see with a microscope
- Specialized
An organism that has no tubes to carry water and food, like mosses and algae
- Archaic
A type of bacteria that resists antibiotics and causes a lung infection
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Organism comes from the Greek root organ meaning 'tool' or 'body part'. So a living organism is a group of parts, such as organs and cells, that work together to keep the whole alive.