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ANABIOSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("anabiosis" is a kind of...):
suspended animation (a temporary cessation of vital functions with loss of consciousness resembling death; usually resulting from asphyxia)
Derivation:
anabiotic (of or related to the state of anabiosis)
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