anoxybiosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

anoxybiosis

Etymology

From an- + oxy- + -biosis.

Derived words

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