Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anaerobic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anaerobic \An*a`["e]*rob"ic\, a. [Pref. an-not + a["e]robic.]
(Biol.)
Not requiring air or oxygen for life; -- applied especially
to those microbes to which free oxygen is unnecessary;
ana["e]robiotic; -- opposed to {a["e]robic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anaerobic \An*a`["e]*rob"ic\, a. (Biol.)
Relating to, or like, ana["e]robies; ana["e]robiotic.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anaerobic
adj 1: living or active in the absence of free oxygen; "anaerobic
bacteria" [syn: {anaerobiotic}] [ant: {aerobic}]
2: not aerobic; "isometric exercises are anaerobic" [ant: {aerobic}]
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