anoxybiosis

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Etymology

From an- +‎ oxy- +‎ -biosis.

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Noun

anoxybiosis (uncountable)

  1. (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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