anoxybiosis

Noun

Meaning

anoxybiosis (uncountable)

(physiology) 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.

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Close letter words and terms

anoxic conditions anoxic event anoxically anoxybiotic anoxygenic anoxygenic photosynthesis