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Organism vs Xenogenous - What's the difference?

organism | xenogenous |

As a noun organism

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

As an adjective xenogenous is

of foreign origin; xenogenic.

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

    xenogenous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of foreign origin; xenogenic.
  • (pathology) Caused by a foreign body; originating outside the organism.The Illustrated Medical Dictionary by William Alexander Newman Dorland (2nd Ed.; 1901)
    Xenogenous caused by a foreign body, or originating outside the organism.

    • References

    * “ xe?nogenous]” defined as a derived term of “[http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50288470 xeno-]”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989 * Notes: