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anoxybiosis

anoxybiosis noun: a biological response triggered by a lack of oxygen in which an organism takes in water and becomes turgid and immobile; possibly a form of cryptobiosis.

Noun

anoxybiosis (uncountable)

  1. A biological response triggered by a lack of oxygen in which an organism takes in water and becomes turgid and immobile; possibly a form of cryptobiosis.

Origin of anoxybiosis

From an- + oxy- + -biosis.

Words formed from anoxybiosis

Questions about anoxybiosis

What does anoxybiosis mean?
Anoxybiosis means a biological response triggered by a lack of oxygen in which an organism takes in water and becomes turgid and immobile; possibly a form of cryptobiosis.
What part of speech is anoxybiosis?
Anoxybiosis is a noun.

Words near anoxybiosis in the dictionary

  1. anoxias
  2. anoxic
  3. anoxic event
  4. anoxic events
  5. anoxically
  6. anoxybiosis
  7. anoxybiotic
  8. anoxygenic
  9. anoxygenic photosynthesis
  10. anoxyhæmia
  11. anoxæmia

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