different between organism vs dentition

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 Latin dent?ti? (“teething, dentition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?n?t???n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: den?ti?tion

Noun

dentition (countable and uncountable, plural dentitions)

1. The set of natural teeth of an individual
2. The type, number and arrangement of the normal teeth of an organism or of the actual teeth of an individual
3. An arrangement in an organism or object of projections that resemble teeth
4. The process of growing teeth; teething

Translations

See also

• dentition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dent?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??.ti.sj??/

Noun

dentition f (plural dentitions)

1. dentition

Related terms

• dent

Further reading

• “dentition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).