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organism
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
organism
(noun)
organism
/
ˈ
oɚgəˌnɪzəm/
noun
plural
organisms
organism
/
ˈ
oɚgəˌnɪzəm/
noun
plural
organisms
Britannica Dictionary definition of ORGANISM
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1
:
an individual living thing
a microscopic
organism
A human being is a complex
organism
.
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microorganism
2
:
a system with many parts that depend on each other and work together
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usually singular
He thinks of the city as a complex social/political/economic
organism
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