1. A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
   "Bacteria are single-celled organisms"; "Human beings are complex organisms";
   - being
    
2. A system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
   "the social organism"

Derived forms: organisms

Type of: animate thing, causal agency, causal agent, cause, living thing, scheme, system

Encyclopedia: Organism