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ORGANIC STRUCTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
Example:
he felt as if his whole body were on fire
Synonyms:
body; organic structure
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("organic structure" is a kind of...):
natural object (an object occurring naturally; not made by man)
Meronyms (parts of "organic structure"):
pressure point (any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point)
crotch; fork (the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk)
arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)
leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)
body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)
cervix; neck (the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body)
caput; head (the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains)
cardiovascular system; circulatory system (the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body)
vascular system (the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant)
sensory system (the body's system of sense organs)
respiratory system; systema respiratorium (the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing)
nervous system; systema nervosum (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)
musculoskeletal system (the system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form)
lymphatic system; systema lymphaticum (the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body)
endocrine system (the system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity)
digestive system; gastrointestinal system; systema alimentarium; systema digestorium (the system that makes food absorbable into the body)
bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)
articulatory system (the system of joints in the body)
body substance (the substance of the body)
Domain category:
homo; human; human being; man (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "organic structure"):
life form (the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism)
anatomy; bod; build; chassis; figure; flesh; form; frame; human body; material body; physical body; physique; shape; soma (alternative names for the body of a human being)
live body (the body of a living animal or person)
