| organic level | The amount of organic matter prescribed to be left after logging. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| organic mental disorder | A psychological, cognitive, or behavioural abnormality associated with transient or permanent dysfunction of the brain, usually characterised by the presence of an organic mental syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organic mental syndrome | <syndrome> A constellation of behavioural or psychological signs and symptoms including problems with attention, concentration, memory, confusion, anxiety, and depression caused by transient or permanent dysfunction of the brain. Synonym: acute organic brain syndrome, OBS, organic mental syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organic molecule | <chemistry> A molecule with a basic skeleton made up of a skeleton of carbon atoms plus hydrogen and oxygen atoms and, in proteins, nitrogen. Organic molecules may also include isolated atoms of other elements. (11 Jan 1998) |
| organic mood syndrome | <syndrome> Syndrome attributed to an organic factor characterised by either depressive or manic mood. See: bipolar disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organic murmur | A murmur caused by an organic lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organic pain | Pain caused by an organic lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organic principle | In chemistry, an organic compound that may exist already formed as a part of some other more complex substance (e.g., various sugars, starches, and albumins). Synonym: organic principle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organic stricture | A stricture due to the presence of cicatricial or other new tissue, not spasmodic. Synonym: permanent stricture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organic vertigo | Vertigo due to brain damage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organicism | <medicine> The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers it always to a material lesion of an organ. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| organicist | One who believes in, or subscribes to the views of, organicism. (05 Mar 2000) |