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Etymology

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Fromorgan +‎-ism, fromAncient Greekὄργανον(órganon,tool, instrument), fromProto-Indo-European*werǵ-(work). CompareMedieval Latinorganismus.

Picture dictionary:organism
organism
organism
archaeon
archaeon
archaeon
bacterium
bacterium
bacterium
animal
animal
animal
fungus
fungus
fungus
alga
alga
alga
plant
plant
plant

Pronunciation

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Noun

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organism (pluralorganisms)

  1. (biology) A discrete and completeliving thing, such asanimal,plant,fungus ormicroorganism.[from 19th c.]
    • 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8845:
      Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Anyorganism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
    • 2019 July 16, Anahad O’Connor, “Cutting 300 Calories a Day Shows Health Benefits”, inThe New York Times[1]:
      This strategy, known as caloric restriction, has been shown to increase the life span of variousorganisms and reduce their rate of cancer and other age-related ailments.
  2. Something with many separateinterdependent parts, seen as being like a living thing; an organicsystem.[from 18th c.]
    • 1984,Anita Brookner,Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published2016, page52:
      For the first time, Edith was aware of the hotel as a well populatedorganism, its attendants merely resting until an appropriate occasion should summon them to present themselves[].
  3. (obsolete, rare) The fact of beingorganic;organicity.[18th–19th c.]

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Translations

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living thing
any complex thing with properties normally associated with living things

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchorganisme.

Noun

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organism n (pluralorganisme)

  1. organism

Declension

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Declension oforganism
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativeorganismorganismulorganismeorganismele
genitive-dativeorganismorganismuluiorganismeorganismelor
vocativeorganismuleorganismelor

Swedish

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Noun

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organism c

  1. (biology) anorganism
  2. (figuratively) anorganism (something with many separate interdependent parts)

Declension

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Declension oforganism
nominativegenitive
singularindefiniteorganismorganisms
definiteorganismenorganismens
pluralindefiniteorganismerorganismers
definiteorganismernaorganismernas

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