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Meanings of organism in English

Russian
существо
Portuguese
organismo
Spanish
ser vivo
Catalan
organisme
Wikidata

Any contiguous alive physical entity; entity or being that is living; an individual living thing, such as one animal, plant, fungus, or bacterium.

существо
Portuguese
ser
Catalan
ésser viu
Spanish
ser

A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently.

ser

System of organs of a living being in its entirety.

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Usage of organism in English
1
In fact, biologists tend to use the terms 'organism' and 'individual' interchangeably.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
2
Methods and results: Paper includes remarks about nitric oxide physiology in organism.
Pubmed
3
It was the great human outworking; the organism of the mighty many.
The Nine-Tenths
4
The food enzyme is free from viable cells of the production organism.
Pubmed
5
Evolutionary adaptation thus suggests an extremely fine attunement between organism and environment.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
6
A similar balance must exist between stability in an organism and innovation.
A short history of nearly everything
7
There was really no other way for a cutting-edge organism to work.
Broken angels
8
This is Lovelock's concept of Gaia: the Earth as a self-regulating 'organism'.
What does a martian look like?
9
The action of the environment produces certain morphological changes in the organism.
Darwin and Modern Science
10
Some are also able to sense vibrations produced by an organism's movements.
Wired
11
The first dawn of consciousness in Nature involved activities within the organism.
Mastery of Self for Wealth, Power, Success
12
This strain is a perspective model organism for biotechnology in low-temperature conditions.
Pubmed
13
The human organism can never exist without its setting in the world.
A Psychiatric Milestone: Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1...
14
Too much efficiency is not a good thing for any infectious organism.
A short history of nearly everything
15
Authorities haven't been able to link it to a single disease organism.
Wired
16
During cachexia, the organism is maintained in a constant negative energy balance.
Pubmed
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Organism through the time
Organism across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
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