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CRYPTOBIOSIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does cryptobiosis mean?

• CRYPTOBIOSIS (noun)
The noun CRYPTOBIOSIS has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: CRYPTOBIOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CRYPTOBIOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

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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...):

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

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