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Pronunciation:/ɔːˈganɪk/

adjective

  • 1 relating to or derived from living matter:organic soils
  • Chemistryrelating to or denoting compounds containing carbon (other than simple binary compounds and salts) and chiefly or ultimately of biological origin.  Compare with inorganic
  • 2 (of food or farming methods) produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial chemicals
  • 3 Physiologyrelating to a bodily organ or organs
  • Medicine(of a disease) affecting the structure of an organ
  • 4 denoting or characterized by a harmonious relationship between the elements of a whole:the organic unity of the integral work of art
  • characterized by gradual or natural development:the organic growth of community projects

noun

(usually organics)
  • 1 a food produced by organic farming
  • 2 an organic chemical compound

Derivatives

organically

adverb

Origin:

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

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