organism

or-gan-ism · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

  2. 2.

    A whole with interdependent parts, likened to a living being.

Forms

plural: organisms

Related words

See also: biology, creature, organic, organisms
Synonyms: being, creature, life_form

Etymology

From Greek organon ("instrument, organ") + -ism, via French organisme.