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[ noun ] a living (or once living) entity that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
Synonyms Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)As cells coalesced into organisms , they built new `` unnatural '' and internally controlled environments to cope even more successfully with the entropy increasing properties of the external world . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)The intra nasal instillation of a fluid suspension of infectious agent in an anesthetized animal is far different from exposure , through natural respiration , to aerosolized organisms . Depending_on the organism , there may be multiplication in some food or beverage products , i.e. , in milk for_example . The behavior of a biological aerosol , on a much smaller scale , is illustrated by a specific field_trial conducted with a non pathogenic organism . In this test , 130 gallons of a suspension , having a count of * * f organisms per ml , or a total of approximately * * f spores , was aerosolized . Related terms object entity person plant animal cell individual microorganism life parasite host relative mutant zooid animalcule amphidiploid heterotroph biont sitter anaerobe katharobe nonvascular_organism polymorph atavist saprophyte stander mascot nekton plankton utterer relict denizen heteroploid conspecific haploid aerobe benthos saprobe diploid hybrid commensal polyploid prokaryote clone eukaryote myrmecophile cell body_part tissue young stratum viability parthenote organic_chemistry zygote actinal morphogenesis metabolism bioluminescent be |
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[ noun ] a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
Examples : "the social organism" Related terms |
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