Definition of Aerophilous

1. Adjective. Depending on free oxygen or air. "Aerobic fermentation"

Exact synonyms: Aerobic, Aerophilic
Similar to: Aerobiotic, Oxidative
Antonyms: Anaerobic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aerophilous

aeronomist
aeronomists
aeronomy
aeropalynology
aeropathy
aeropause
aeropauses
aerophagia
aerophagy
aerophare
aerophares
aerophilatelic
aerophilately
aerophile
aerophilic
aerophilous (current term)
aerophobe
aerophobes
aerophobia
aerophoby
aerophone
aerophones
aerophore
aerophores
aerophysics
aerophyte
aerophytes
aeropiesotherapy
aeroplane
aeroplanes

Literary usage of Aerophilous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"... term ' aerophilous,' which does not apply to the shoots of water-plants. The essential point is that a shoot sometimes or always is adapted to darkness ..."

2. The Year-book of Treatment (1885)
"Augenheilk., June, 1883) attribute it to the action of an aerophilous microbe, which they maintain can be cultivated and isolated. ..."

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