CRYPTOBIOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state in which an animal's metabolic activities come to a reversible standstill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cryptobiosis" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Derivation:

cryptobiotic (of or related to the state of cryptobiosis)

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