Synonyms for organism
ˈɔr gəˌnɪz əmor·gan·ism

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1. organism, beingnoun

   a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

   Synonyms:
   existence, beingness, being

2. organismnoun

   a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body

   "the social organism"

   Synonyms:
   being

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1. animalnoun

   i am studying an animal. or i am studying an organism.

   Submitted by christinam.88369 on October 20, 2022  

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1. organismnoun

   Synonyms:
   organic structure

2. organismnoun

   Synonyms:
   organization, organized being, organized existence

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1. List of paraphrases for "organism":

   microorganism, agency, body, organization, micro-organism, bacterium

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1. Stas Malavin:

   The takeaway is that a multicellular organism can be frozen and stored as such for thousands of years and then return back to life -- a dream of many fiction writers.

2. William James:

   Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his lttle finger. Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.

3. Nicholas Hendren:

   For patients who are healthy, this organism very rarely infects people, if they are infected, most people do fine and essentially never present to the hospital. But in patients who do have liver disease, they're susceptible to much more infection.

4. Christina Koch:

   Earth is alive, and I have witnessed its power and beauty from a special vantage point 250 miles above the surface, from the space station we see no borders, no boundaries -- we are all part of one giant organism that breathes and adapts. I have been in awe of this perspective for almost a year now. Back on Earth I anticipate looking up and seeing the space station streak across the sky, wondering how my friends and colleagues are doing up there without me. For almost 20 years humans have continuously lived and worked in space and the mission continues.

5. Corey Egel:

   Any person who is colonized with any multi-drug resistant organism is at some increased risk in the future of developing an infection with that organism.