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organic

Syllabification: (or·gan·ic)
Pronunciation: /ôrˈganik/

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Definition of organic

adjective

  • 1of, relating to, or derived from living matter:organic soils
  • Chemistry of, relating to, or denoting compounds containing carbon (other than simple binary compounds and salts) and chiefly or ultimately of biological origin. Compare with inorganic.
  • (of food or farming methods) produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial agents.
  • 2 Physiology of or relating to a bodily organ or organs.
  • Medicine (of a disease) affecting the structure of an organ.
  • 3denoting a relation between elements of something such that they fit together harmoniously as necessary parts of a whole:the organic unity of the integral work of art
  • characterized by continuous or natural development:companies expand as much by acquisition as by organic growth

Derivatives

organically

Pronunciation: /-ik(ə)lē/

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English: via Latin from Greek organikos 'relating to an organ or instrument'

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