bioorganism

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ organism.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /baɪoʊˈɔɹɡənɪzəm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /baɪəʊˈɔːɡənɪzəm/

Noun

bioorganism (plural bioorganisms)

1. 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.