A unit of living matter; the smallest structural unit of an organism that retains the properties of life.
From 'bio-' (life) + '-some' (body or part), using the Greek combining form seen in chromosome and ribosome. The term was created to name the fundamental living unit distinct from chemical components.
While a cell is the smallest LIVING unit, a biosome represents the idea that life has structure at every level—from proteins working together to whole organisms—showing that 'living' isn't just an on-off switch but a property that scales up!
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