different between organism vs paramecium

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (órganon, “tool, instrument”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer?- (“work”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ôr?g?n?z?m
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.??n.?.z?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.??n.?.z?m/

Noun

organism (plural organisms)

1. (biology) A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.
2. (by extension) Any complex thing with properties normally associated with living things.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:organism

Derived terms

• free-living organism
• organismal
• organismic

Translations

Anagrams

• moringas, roamings, sinogram

Romanian

Etymology

From French organisme

Noun

organism n (plural organisme)

1. organism

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (param?k?s, “oval”), from ????? (mêkos, “length”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæ.???mi?.si.?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?.???mi.si.?m/
• Hyphenation: par?a?me?ci?um

Noun

paramecium (plural paramecia or parameciums)

1. An oval-shaped protozoan organism of the genus Paramecium.

Synonyms

• slipper animalcule

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.ra?me.ki.um/, [pä?ä?m?ki???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.ra?me.t??i.um/, [p????m??t??ium]

Noun

paramecium n (genitive parameci? or paramec?); second declension

1. paramecium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).