organism

living being or physical living system composed of organic matter
Thing type_of_physical_object Q7239
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organism

Summary

organism is a type of physical object[1]. organism draws 222 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_physical_object category, ranking #90 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • organism's instance of is recorded as type of physical object[3].
  • organism is a type of Q141164427[4].
  • organism is a type of biological component[5].
  • organism is a type of material anatomical entity[6].
  • organism is part of population[7].
  • organism is part of group of living things[8].
  • organism is part of Biota[9].
  • organism's Commons category is recorded as Organisms[10].
  • organism's said to be the same as is recorded as creature[11].
  • organism comprises cell[12].
  • organism comprises organ system[13].
  • organism comprises biological component[14].
  • organism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Organisms[15].
  • organism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Individual organisms[16].
  • organism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Organism[17].
  • organism's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[18].
  • organism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • organism's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • organism's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21].
  • organism's partially coincident with is recorded as body[22].
  • organism's has characteristic is recorded as species distribution[23].
  • organism's has characteristic is recorded as biological life cycle[24].
  • organism's has characteristic is recorded as taxon[25].
  • organism's has characteristic is recorded as homeostasis[26].
  • organism's has characteristic is recorded as trophic level[27].

Body

Definition and Type

organism's instance of is recorded as type of physical object[3]. Recorded subclass of include Q141164427[4], biological component[5], and material anatomical entity[6].

Use and Application

Components include cell[12], an anatomical structure class type[28]; organ system[13], an anatomical structure class type[29]; and biological component[14]. Part of include population[7], an abstract entity[30]; group of living things[8]; and Biota[9], a taxon[31].

Influence

Things named for organism include cyborg[32], a blend word[33].

Why It Matters

organism draws 222 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_physical_object category, ranking #90 of 6).[2] organism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] organism is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for organism include cyborg[32], a blend word[33].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Q141163319. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . biologydictionary.net. biologydictionary.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://kbpedia.org/kko/rc/Organism-Whole, http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T001, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/COB_0000022 +2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#EntityThatCanBeAlive"
  2. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://kbpedia.org/kko/rc/Organism-Whole, http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T001, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/COB_0000022 +2
    Sitelink count → 173
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'af', 'als', 'an', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'b
    Subclass of → Q141164427, biological component, material anatomical entity
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q141164427]]"
  3. 23d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://kbpedia.org/kko/rc/Organism-Whole, http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T001, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/COB_0000022 +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/COB_0000022"
  4. 25d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00000551
    Equivalent class → http://kbpedia.org/kko/rc/Organism-Whole, http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T001, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/COB_0000022 +2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53024|batch #53024]]"
  5. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://kbpedia.org/kko/rc/Organism-Whole, http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T001, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/COB_0000022 +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00000551"
  6. 6w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Q141164427, biological component, material anatomical entity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q28845870]]"
  7. 8w ago · FitikWasTaken · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → living being or physical living system composed of organic matter
    Instance of → type of physical object
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||isv-cyrl, isv-latn */"
  8. 12w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Q141164427, biological component, material anatomical entity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q24229398]]"
  9. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Svkkl authority id → 0218576-zive-organismy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0218576-zive-organismy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  10. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Umls cui → C0029235
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2892]]: C0029235"
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