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Organism vs Postnatural - What's the difference?

organism | postnatural |

As a noun organism

is (biology) a discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.

As an adjective postnatural is

after nature; encompassing artificially constructed organisms such as the results of genetic engineering and cybernetics.

organism

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
  • (by extension) Any complex thing with properties normally associated with living things.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * free-living organism * organismal * organismic

    Anagrams

    * * English words suffixed with -ism

    postnatural

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • After nature; encompassing artificially constructed organisms such as the results of genetic engineering and cybernetics.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=April 14, author=Dennis Overbye, title=Hello Van Gogh, Can You Hear Me Now?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In the gallery of postnatural history, for example, is a goat that has been genetically tinkered with to produce spider silk, useful for fishing line and bulletproof vests, in its milk. }}