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suboxic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English oxic English suboxic From sub- + oxic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Describing a zone of water, between the oxic and anoxic zones, in which the concentration of oxygen (and sulfur) is very low