Definition of Anaerobiotic

1. Adjective. Living or active in the absence of free oxygen. "Anaerobic bacteria"

Exact synonyms: Anaerobic
Antonyms: Aerobic
Derivative terms: Anaerobe

Definition of Anaerobiotic

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Resembling or relating to anaerobies. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Anaerobiotic

1. Related to, or of the nature of, anaerobies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anaerobiotic

anaerobia
anaerobic
anaerobic bacteria
anaerobic digester
anaerobic digestion
anaerobic exercise
anaerobic respiration
anaerobic threshold
anaerobically
anaerobicidal
anaerobicide
anaerobicides
anaerobies
anaerobioses
anaerobiosis
anaerobiotic (current term)
anaerobium
anaerogenic
anaerophyte
anaeroplasty
anaesthecinesia
anaesthekinesia
anaesthesia
anaesthesia adjuvants
anaesthesia dolorosa
anaesthesia machine
anaesthesia record
anaesthesia recovery period
anaesthesias
anaesthesiologist

Literary usage of Anaerobiotic

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

1. Lectures on the Physiology of Plants by Sydney Howard Vines (1886)
"It is difficult to say whether these anaerobiotic Saccharomycetes and Schizomycetes are distinct species, or whether they are physiological varieties, ..."

2. Lectures on Bacteria by Anton Bary, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1887)
"It must accordingly be further assumed, that other species which are anaerobiotic have the power of producing fermentation in urine, or processes similar to ..."

3. Ptomaines and Other Animal Alkaloids: Their Detection, Separation, and by A. C. Farquharson (1892)
"Thus the physiology of the animal cell is, in a measure, on precisely the same level as that of the anaerobiotic groups of ..."

4. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1907)
"The chemical interchange is invariably abnormal— namely, anaerobiotic. (c) Protein Metabolism. In man the excretion of nitrogen is considerably increased ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"anaerobiotic plants can grow when the conditions are such that they can induce active fermentation,—that is, when their destructive metabolism is active. ..."

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