entire organism

collocation in English

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entire
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪnˈtaɪər/us
/ɪnˈtaɪr/
whole or complete, with ...
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organism
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/us
/ˈɔːr-/
a single living plant, animal, ...
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(Definition ofentireandorganismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Given that cost/benefit calculations have to be made in the context of theentireorganism, such calculations are rather difficult to carry out.
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The prevalence of the diffusion over the active transport gradually works towards a decrease in the concentration gradients with a tendency towards degradation of theentireorganism.
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A number of commentators emphasized that these costs and benefits have to be considered in greater detail and in the broad context of theentireorganism.
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Names given to organ taxa may only be applied to the organs in question - and can not be extended to theentireorganism.
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Theentireorganismis modeled in terms of its molecular components, integrating all cellular processes into a single model.
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When bone marrow develops, it eventually assumes the task of forming most of the blood cells for theentireorganism.
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This software seems to control by specifying an algorithm, or set of instructions, for creating and maintaining theentireorganismcontaining the cell.
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In the same way as with ear or mouth acupuncture, theentireorganismis projected here on a defined area of the scalp.
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The biological sample can be a cell, a cellular organelle, an organ, a tissue, a tissue extract, a biofluid or anentireorganism.
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Development begins when a sperm fertilizes an egg and creates a single cell that has the potential to form anentireorganism.
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These examples do not constitute the use of a wheel, as theentireorganismrotates itself, with no fixed axle.
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The evidence for nuclear equivalence comes from cases in which differentiated cells or their nuclei have been found to retain the potential of directing the development of theentireorganism.
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Structuralists tend to emphasise that organisms are wholes, and therefore that change in one part must necessarily take into account the inter-connected nature of theentireorganism.
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Health and its interdefinable family of organic terms, on the other hand, seem eminently applicable to entire organisms in addition to organs and organic systems.
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