ANAEROBIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anaerobic mean? 

• ANAEROBIC (adjective)
  The adjective ANAEROBIC has 2 senses:

1. living or active in the absence of free oxygen

2. not aerobic

  Familiarity information: ANAEROBIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANAEROBIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Living or active in the absence of free oxygen

Synonyms:

anaerobic; anaerobiotic

Context example:

anaerobic bacteria

Antonym:

aerobic (depending on free oxygen or air)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not aerobic

Context example:

isometric exercises are anaerobic

Antonym:

aerobic (based on or using the principles of aerobics; enhancing respiratory and circulatory efficiency)

 Context examples 

A subspecies of anaerobic, Gram positive, curved rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria and the species Mobiluncus curtisii.

(Mobiluncus curtisii subsp holmesii, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, curved rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria.

(Mobiluncus curtisii, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Firmicutes.

(Mitsuokella multacida, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria.

(Mobiluncus mulieris, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of facultatively anaerobic ,Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Enterobacteriaceae.

(Moellerella, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Firmicutes and the family Clostridiales XIII.

(Mogibacterium, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of facultatively anaerobic ,Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria.

(Moellerella wisconsensis, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Firmicutes and the family Veillonellaceae.

(Mitsuokella, NCI Thesaurus)

Although its mechanism of action is not fully elucidated, un-ionized metronidazole is readily taken up by obligate anaerobic organisms and is subsequently reduced by low-redox potential electron-transport proteins to an active, intermediate product.

(Metronidazole, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of obligately anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Actinobacteria.

(Atopobium parvulum, NCI Thesaurus)