The smallest units of organic compounds. Important examples of these molecules are based on chains of carbon atoms and come in four major categories: proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA).
- Organic murmur
organic murmur n. A murmur caused by an organic lesion.
- Organic psychosis
noun 1. a severe mental illness produced by damage to the brain, as a result of poisoning, alcoholism, disease, etc Compare functional (sense 6)
noun, Sociology. 1. social cohesiveness that is based on division of labor and interdependence and is characteristic of complex, industrial societies.
- Organic unity
noun the concept that all organisms, despite distinctions, are one interrelated whole