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ORGANIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter
Synonyms:
organic; organic fertiliser; organic fertilizer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("organic" is a kind of...):
fertiliser; fertilizer; plant food (any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "organic"):
bonemeal (fertilizer made of ground bones)
neem cake (residue after oil is pressed from neem seeds)
manure (any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material)
fish meal (ground dried fish used as fertilizer and as feed for domestic livestock)
guano (the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer)
Derivation:
organic (being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
Synonyms:
constituent; constitutional; constitutive; organic
Classified under:
Similar:
essential (basic and fundamental)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs
Example:
an organic disease
Classified under:
Domain category:
pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)
Antonym:
functional (involving or affecting function rather than physiology)
Derivation:
organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)
organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Simple and healthful and close to nature
Example:
an organic lifestyle
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
healthful (conducive to good health of body or mind)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis
Example:
hydrocarbons are organic compounds
Classified under:
Adjectives
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Antonym:
inorganic (relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms
Example:
organic remains found in rock
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
integrated; structured (resembling a living organism in organization or development)
nonsynthetic (involving or derived from living organisms; free from chemical treatments or additives)
Antonym:
inorganic (lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms)
Derivation:
organic (a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter)
organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones
Example:
organic chicken
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
wholesome (conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being)
Domain category:
health food (any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health)
Context examples:
This allele, which encodes multidrug resistance-associated protein 1, is involved in multispecific organic anion transport.
(ABCC1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones.
(Organic food, NCI Thesaurus)
Systematic and extensive loss of memory caused by organic or psychological factors.
(Amnesia, NCI Thesaurus)
The Analytical Biochemistry Shared Resource provides chemistry services featuring mass spectrometry, chromatography, organic synthesis, and analytical biochemistry.
(Analytical Biochemistry Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
It is primarily used as an intermediate in the production of dyes, smoke screens, scintillation counter crystals, and in organic semiconductor research.
(Anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)
A living organism that has membranous cell walls, requires oxygen and organic foods, and is capable of voluntary movement, as distinguished from a plant or mineral.
(Animal, NCI Thesaurus)
A colorless, volatile, flammable organic solvent.
(Acetone, NCI Thesaurus)
Amino Acid Synthesis Inhibition involves interference with, or restraint of, enzymatic formation of organic compounds that contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group.
(Amino Acid Synthesis Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)
An organic compound derived from pyridine with potassium channel inhibition activity.
(Amifampridine, NCI Thesaurus)
A peptide, amino acid derivative, and/or organic acid extracted from blood serum, urine, or synthesized chemically, that inhibits the methylation of nucleic acids and the incorporation of L-glutamine into tumor-cell proteins.
(Antineoplaston Agent, NCI Thesaurus)
