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organism definition
or·gan·ism (ôr′gə niz′əm)
noun
- any individual animal, plant, bacterium, etc. having various parts or systems that function together as a whole to maintain life and its activities
- anything resembling a living thing in its complexity of structure or functions
Related Forms:
- organismic or′·gan·is′·mic adjective or organismal or′·gan·is′·mal
- organismically or′·gan·is′·mi·cally adverb
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