ORGANISMAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does organismal mean? 

• ORGANISMAL (adjective)
  The adjective ORGANISMAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole)

  Familiarity information: ORGANISMAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORGANISMAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

organismal; organismic

Context example:

the organismic theory of the state

Pertainym:

organism (a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body)

Derivation:

organism (a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body)

 Context examples 

Material produced by living organisms; it can be a necessary constituent of, or product of an organismal process.

(Body Fluid or Substance, NCI Thesaurus)

An elaboration of the sequence of events that play a role in organismal defense responses.

(Immune Response Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus)

Alpha-1B adrenergic receptor (520 aa, 57 kD) is a cell division process protein that is encoded by the human ADRA1B gene and has roles in multicellular organismal development, cell proliferation and cell signaling.

(Alpha-1B Adrenergic Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

Proteinase-Activated Receptor 1 (425 aa, 47 kD) is a cell motility protein that is encoded by the human F2R gene and has roles in multicellular organismal development, anatomical structure morphogenesis and cell motility.

(Coagulation Factor II Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

Chemokine binding protein 2 (384 aa, 43 kD) is a cell motility protein that is encoded by the human CCBP2 gene and has roles in multicellular organismal development, immune response, chemotaxis and signal transduction.

(Chemokine-Binding Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)

A biologic function or a process having an abnormal or deleterious effect at the subcellular, cellular, multicellular, or organismal level.

(Pathologic Process, NCI Thesaurus)

Interleukin-6 receptor subunit alpha (468 aa, 52 kD) is a cell division process protein that is encoded by the human IL6R gene and has roles in multicellular organismal development, immune repsonse, cell proliferation and signal transduction.

(Interleukin-6 Receptor Subunit Alpha, NCI Thesaurus)