bioorganism
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /baɪoʊˈɔɹɡənɪzəm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /baɪəʊˈɔːɡənɪzəm/
Noun
[edit]bioorganism (plural bioorganisms)
- A biological organism.
- 1967, Norman V. Steere, Safety in the chemical laboratory, volume 4, page 146:
- Mr. Hawkes' last statement may be true for relatively small mercury-water systems but extrapolate a bit and place one "intelligent bioorganism exhaling carbon dioxide" (presumably human) in a closed room with a fan blowing recirculating air over the surface of a 500 ft2 tank of mercury covered with a foot of water.
- 1998, Ryan Henry, The Information Revolution and International Security, page 160:
- Larger and more powerful regional and global nodes could inherit the attributes of this base node, thus enabling the growth of a Global Infosphere in a way quite analogous to the growth of a bioorganism.
- 2012, Charles G. Gebelein, Bioactive Polymeric Systems: An Overview[1], page 670:
- A second mechanism involves the active participation of the bioorganism.