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CRYPTOBIOSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state in which an animal's metabolic activities come to a reversible standstill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("cryptobiosis" is a kind of...):
physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)
Derivation:
cryptobiotic (of or related to the state of cryptobiosis)
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