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organism ['??g??n?z?m]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) any living biological entity, such as an animal, plant, fungus, or bacterium
2. anything resembling a living creature in structure, behaviour, etc.
organismal , organismicadj
organismallyadv
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Here, 'allied' = 'related, associated'.
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