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- n. A biological response triggered by a lack of oxygen in which the organism takes in water and becomes turgid and immobile, possibly a form of cryptobiosis.
Etymologies
an- + oxy- + -biosis (Wiktionary)
Examples
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Tardigrades have five routes which they employ to enter latency: encystment, anoxybiosis, cryobiosis, osmobiosis and anhydrobiosis.
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