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• organism — ORGANÍSM, organisme, s.n. 1. Totalitatea organelor şi a părţilor indisolubil legate între ele ale unei fiinţe vii; corp, fiinţă. 2. fig. Ceea ce apare ca un lot închegat; ceea ce funcţionează în mod organizat. ♦ Organizaţie (1). – Din lat.… …   Dicționar Român

• animal — 1. A living, sentient organism that has membranous cell walls, requires oxygen and organic foods, and is capable of voluntary movement, as distinguished from a plant or mineral. 2. One of the lower a. organisms as distinguished from humans. [L.]… …   Medical dictionary

• Animal colouration — has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. Colours may be cryptic (functioning as an adaptation allowing the prevention of prey detection; aposematic (functioning as a warning of unprofitability) or may be the… …   Wikipedia

• Animal testing — A white Wistar lab rat Description Around 50–100 million vertebrate animals are used in experiments annually. Subjects Animal testing, scien …   Wikipedia

• Animal psychopathology — is the study of mental or behavioral disorders in non human animals.Historically, there has been an anthropocentric tendency to emphasize the study of animal psychopathologies as models for human mental illnesses [Owen, J. B., Treasure, J.L.… …   Wikipedia

• Organism — Or gan*ism, n. [Cf. F. organisme.] 1. Organic structure; organization. The advantageous organism of the eye. Grew. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) An organized being; a living body, either vegetable or animal, composed of different organs or parts with …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• animal — [an′i məl] n. [L, living being < anima, animus, breath, air, life principle, soul < IE base * an(e) , to breathe, exhale > Gr anemos, Sans anilas, wind, breath, OE antha, excitement, anger] 1. any of a kingdom (Animalia) of eukaryotes… …   English World dictionary

• Animal instinct — may refer to:* Instinct, the inherent disposition of a living organism toward a particular behavior * Animal Instinct , a song by The Cranberries * Animal Instinct , a song by Mobb Deep …   Wikipedia

• animal — ► NOUN 1) a living organism which feeds on organic matter, has specialized sense organs and nervous system, and is able to move about and to respond rapidly to stimuli. 2) a mammal, as opposed to a bird, reptile, fish, or insect. 3) a very cruel …   English terms dictionary

• organism — (n.) 1660s, organic structure, organization, from ORGANIZE (Cf. organize) + ISM (Cf. ism). Sense of living animal or plant first recorded 1842. Related: Organismic …   Etymology dictionary

• organism — [n] living thing animal, being, body, creature, entity, morphon, person, plant, structure; concepts 389,429 Ant. concept, inanimate …   New thesaurus