How to say "organism" in Japanese

• 生物せいぶつJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe general word for 'organism' or 'living thing': any creature, plant, or microbe considered as alive. Choose this in most contexts, scientific or everyday, when simply referring to a living organism.
  地球ちきゅう以外いがいの天体てんたいに生物せいぶつはいますか。↗

  Is there life on other worlds?
• 生体せいたいCommon
  no-adjectiveCovers 'organism' as a living body, stressing the body as alive rather than just any living thing. Typical of medical or biological contexts such as living-body functions or tissues; not the neutral general term for living things.

Use 生物 for 'organism' in the general sense of any living thing, including creatures; use 生体 when emphasizing a living body, as in medicine or biology discussing an organism's body itself.

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• 生物せいぶつliving thing
• 生体せいたいorganism
• オーガニズムorganism
• 生物体せいぶつたいorganism
• 有機体ゆうきたいorganic body