Bioorganism

//baɪoʊˈɔɹɡənɪzəm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A biological organism.

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From bio- + organism.

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