complex organism

collocation in English

meaningsofcomplexandorganism

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complex
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.pleks/
us
/kɑːmˈpleks/
involving a lot of different but ...
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organism
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/
us
/ˈɔːr-/
a single living plant, animal, ...
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(Definition ofcomplexandorganismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The other concern is that since the human body is acomplexorganism, what functions should be monitored?
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In acomplexorganismsuch as a trypanosome it is possible that there are structurally and functionally distinct regions of the surface membrane.
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A similar point could be made with acomplexorganismrather than a zygote.
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A body, especially acomplexorganismlike that of a human being, cannot possibly be expected to adapt itself suddenly to entirely new conditions.
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A large international airport is inevittably a verycomplexorganism.
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No one is specifically concerned with the co-ordination of the different parts of thatcomplexorganism.
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Theatre is acomplexorganismin which every part depends on every other part.
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Putting thecomplexorganismto rest, you can go to your rest.
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The biological-design argument proceeds as follows (again in rough outline) : it's incredibly unlikely that biologically complex organisms would exist somewhere or other in our universe.
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At the time, it was the mostcomplexorganismto have its full genome sequenced, and took seven years and the involvement of more than 100 laboratories to accomplish.
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What is true for a simple organism like the honey bee is even more true for complex organisms like humans.
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Studies on invertebrates have clearly shown that elements of motivational states and/or emotional responses are features of almost all complex organisms.
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However, for complex organisms, and most especially for creative, open-ended perceivers and actors such as human beings, specification may not be relevant.
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Complex organisms, especially human beings, are not like that.
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Since humans are much more complex organisms than plants, these differences must be explained at other levels than the genome.
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So the existence of complex organisms provides evidence for theism.
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It is quite likely, then, that the perceptual saliency of symmetry is not a derived feature of human perception, but is one we share with many complex organisms.
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Adaptation in populations of complex organisms, such as humans, depends on population genetic processes, information-acquiring ontogenetic processes, and cultural processes, all of which can generate niche construction.
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Furthermore, when students are asked to reason about life in extreme environments, they most often cite complex organisms (such as plants, animals and humans) rather than the more ubiquitous microorganisms.
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Hibernation is not a cryptobiotic state, because metabolism is maintained through the process but, owing to its importance to more complex organisms in particular, it will be discussed here.
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