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Anabiosis

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Noun

1. anabiosis

suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns

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Anabiosis

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noun
the ability to return to life after apparent death; suspended animation

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Anabiosis

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noun
a state of suspended animation, esp. of desiccated tardigrades

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Anabiosis

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n.
1. A restoring to life from a deathlike condition; resuscitation.
2. A state of suspended animation, especially one in which certain aquatic invertebrates are able to survive long periods of drought.

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