living organism
11Living systems — are open self organizing systems that have the special characteristics of life and interact with their environment. This takes place by means of information and material energy exchanges. Living systems can be as simple as a single cell or as… …
12Organism — Or gan*ism, n. [Cf. F. organisme.] 1. Organic structure; organization. The advantageous organism of the eye. Grew. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) An organized being; a living body, either vegetable or animal, composed of different organs or parts with …
13Living Things — may refer to:* Life, or things in nature, like organisms, that are alive * Living Things (band), a St. Louis musical group * Living Things (album) by Matthew Sweet …
14organism — (n.) 1660s, organic structure, organization, from ORGANIZE (Cf. organize) + ISM (Cf. ism). Sense of living animal or plant first recorded 1842. Related: Organismic …
15organism — [n] living thing animal, being, body, creature, entity, morphon, person, plant, structure; concepts 389,429 Ant. concept, inanimate …
16organism — [ôr′gə niz΄əm] n. 1. any individual animal, plant, bacterium, etc. having various parts or systems that function together as a whole to maintain life and its activities 2. anything resembling a living thing in its complexity of structure or… …
17Organism — life on Earth redirects here. For the BBC series, see Life on Earth (TV series). Life on Earth Temporal range: Archaean or earlier – Recent These Escherichia coli cells provide an example of a prokaryotic microorganism …
18living being — Synonyms and related words: aerobic organism, anaerobic organism, animal, autotrophic organism, beast, being, brute, creature, creeping thing, critter, dumb animal, dumb friend, genetic individual, heterotrophic organism, individual, living thing …
19organism — Synonyms and related words: aerobic organism, an existence, anaerobic organism, anatomy, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, autotrophic organism, being, body, build, building, composition, conformation, constitution, construction,… …
20organism */*/ — UK [ˈɔː(r)ɡəˌnɪz(ə)m] / US [ˈɔrɡəˌnɪzəm] noun [countable] Word forms organism : singular organism plural organisms 1) biology a living thing such as a person, animal, or plant, especially an extremely small living thing tests to identify the… …
