anabiosis

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  1. noun A restoring to life from a deathlike condition; resuscitation.
  2. noun A state of suspended animation, especially one in which certain aquatic invertebrates are able to survive long periods of drought.

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  1. Greek anabiōsis, from anabioun, to return to life : ana-, ana- + bioun, to live (from bios, life; see gwei- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἀναβιόειν, come to life again: see anabiotic.
 

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