Definitions
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- noun A biological response triggered by a lack of
oxygen in which theorganism takes inwater and becomesturgid andimmobile , possibly a form ofcryptobiosis .
Etymologies
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an- + oxy- + -biosis
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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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