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cryptobiosis en · NOUN

Etymology

From crypto- + -biosis.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted

Hyponyms

anhydrobiosis · anoxybiosis · chemobiosis · osmobiosis · cryobiosis

Relateds

cryptobiotic

Translations (8)

es criptobiosis (state of life) · cmn 隱生 /隐生 (state of life) · fa نهانزیوی (state of life) · cmn 潛生 /潜生 (state of life) · pt criptobiose (state of life) · pl anabioza (state of life) · de Kryptobiose (state of life) · fi kryptobioosi (state of life)