anaerobic
adjective
1.
(of an organism or tissue) living in the absence of air or free oxygen.
2.
pertaining to or caused by the absence of oxygen.
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anaerobic
"capable of living without oxygen," 1879 (as anaerobian, modern form first attested 1884), from Fr. anaérobie, coined 1863 by Louis Pasteur, from Gk. an- "without" + aer "air" + bios "life" (see bio-).
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Medical Dictionary
anaerobic an·aer·o·bic (ān'ə-rō'bĭk, -â-rō'bĭk)
adj.
Relating to or being an anaerobe.
Living without oxygen.
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Science Dictionary
| anaerobic Occurring in the absence of oxygen or not requiring oxygen to live. Anaerobic bacteria produce energy from food molecules without the presence of oxygen. Compare aerobic. |
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Cultural Dictionary
anaerobic [(an-uh-roh-bik, an-air-oh-bik)]A descriptive term for a process, such as fermentation, that can proceed only in the absence of oxygen, or a living thing that can survive only in the absence of oxygen. (Compare aerobic.)
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Example sentences
In periodontal disease, the bacterial balance shifts over to gram negative anaerobic bacteria.
Because this is where anaerobic bacteria, which produce sulfur, in the course of their processing get involved.
It is only when the piles become starved of oxygen that noxious anaerobic activity begins.
The real answer may be to put in microbes that are only anaerobic.
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