Organism

Pronunciation

Definition 1

A living thing, such as an animal, a plant, a bacterium, or a fungus. (NCI Dictionary)

Definition 2

A living entity. (NCI Thesaurus)

Definition 3

Any individual living (or previously living) being. EXAMPLE(S): animal, human being (NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

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