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aerobe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɛˌroʊb/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɛː.rəʊb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) French aérobieder. English aerobe Derived from French aérobie. By surface analysis, aero- + -obe.

Meanings

  1. Any organism (but especially a bacterium) that can tolerate the presence of oxygen, or that needs oxygen to survive.

Forms

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aerobes Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

anaerobe

Deriveds

nanoaerobe

Relateds

facultative · aerobics · aerobic · microbe

Translations (9)

pl oksybiont (organism that can tolerate the presence of oxygen) · pl tlenowiec (organism that can tolerate the presence of oxygen) · fi aerobiontti (organism that can tolerate the presence of oxygen) · de Aerobier (organism that can tolerate the presence of oxygen) · fa هوازی (organism that can tolerate the presence of oxygen) · ca aerobi (organism that can tolerate the presence of oxygen) · pl aerobiont (organism that can tolerate the presence of oxygen) · pl aerob (organism that can tolerate the presence of oxygen) · es aerobio (organism that can tolerate the presence of oxygen)