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Definition of Anabiosis
1. Noun. Suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns.
Definition of Anabiosis
1. Noun. (biology) A state of suspended animation, especially during extreme drought; the act of recovering from this state. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anabiosis
1. [n -BIOSES]
Medical Definition of Anabiosis
1. Resuscitation after apparent death. Origin: G. A reviving, fr. Ana, again, + biosis, life (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anabiosis
Literary usage of Anabiosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"It has been supposed that in the case of the plant seeds and still more in that
of the animals, the condition of anabiosis was merely one in which the ..."
2. General Physiology: An Outline of the Science of Life by Max Verworn (1899)
"The awakening of the tardigrade, or the anabiosis, as Preyer ('80) has termed the
... These highly remarkable phenomena of anabiosis are not limited to the ..."
3. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"The increase of a disease or of a paroxysm. See ACME. Anabatic (an-o-bat'ic).
[L. anabat'icus.'] Pertaining to anabasis. anabiosis (an-ct-bai-o'sis, ..."
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