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CRYPTOBIOSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cryptobiosis mean?
• CRYPTOBIOSIS (noun)
The noun CRYPTOBIOSIS has 1 sense:
1. a state in which an animal's metabolic activities come to a reversible standstill
Familiarity information: CRYPTOBIOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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