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organism

noun
/ˈɔː.ɡəˌnɪz.əm/UK/ɔʳˈɡan.ɪzəm/

Etymology

First attested in 1701; from organ + -ism, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “a tool, instrument”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“work”). Compare New Latin organismus.

  1. derived from organismus
  2. derived from *werǵ-✻

Definitions

  1. A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.

    • This strategy, known as caloric restriction, has been shown to increase the life span of various organisms and reduce their rate of cancer and other age-related ailments.

  2. Something with many separate interdependent parts, seen as being like a living thing

    Something with many separate interdependent parts, seen as being like a living thing; an organic system.

    • For the first time, Edith was aware of the hotel as a well populated organism, its attendants merely resting until an appropriate occasion should summon them to present themselves […].

  3. The fact of being organic

    The fact of being organic; organicity.

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Derived

bioorganism, biorg, cybernetic organism, cyborg, epiorganism, fastidious organism, macroorganism, macro-organism, metaorganism, micro-organism, model-organism, model organism, multiorganism, mycoplasma-like organism, nonorganism, organismal, organismic, organismically, orgone, paleo-organism, pleuropneumonia-like organism, proto-organism, protoorganism, super organism, superorganism, supraorganism, Vincent's organism

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at organism. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at organism. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at organism

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA