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Chambers Online Reference provides a broad definition: "any living [[structure]], such as a plant, animal, fungus or bacterium, capable of growth and reproduction".
Chambers Online Reference provides a broad definition: "any living [[structure]], such as a plant, animal, fungus or bacterium, capable of growth and reproduction".
==Quote==
There is original endowment of adaptation in living [[things]] and ''being''s. In every living plant or animal cell, in every living organism--[[material]] or [[spiritual]]--there is an insatiable craving for the attainment of ever-increasing perfection of environmental adjustment, organismal adaptation, and augmented [[Self Realization|life realization]]. These interminable efforts of all living things evidence the [[existence]] within them of an innate striving for perfection.[http://urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper65.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper65.html&line=130#mfs]
==Biologic==
==Biologic==
In [[biology]], an '''organism''' is any living [[thing]] (such as animal, plant, fungus, or micro-organism). In at least some form, all organisms are capable of response to stimuli, reproduction, growth and development, and maintenance of [[homeostasis]] as a stable whole. An organism may either be unicellular (single-celled) or be composed of, as in humans, many billions of cells grouped into specialized tissues and organs. The term ''[[multicellular]]'' (many-celled) describes any organism made up of more than one cell.
In [[biology]], an '''organism''' is any living [[thing]] (such as animal, plant, fungus, or micro-organism). In at least some form, all organisms are capable of response to stimuli, reproduction, growth and development, and maintenance of [[homeostasis]] as a stable whole. An organism may either be unicellular (single-celled) or be composed of, as in humans, many billions of cells grouped into specialized tissues and organs. The term ''[[multicellular]]'' (many-celled) describes any organism made up of more than one cell.
