anaerobia

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anaerobia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anaerobia \An*a`["e]r*o"bi*a\, Anaerobes \An"aer*obes\,
  Anaerobes \An*a"["e]r*obes\, n. pl. [NL. anaerobia; an-not +
     a["e]ro- + Gr.? life.] (Bacteriol.)
     Ana["e]robic bacteria. They are called facultative ana["e]robes
      when able to live either in the presence or
     absence of free oxygen; obligate ana["e]robes, or
     obligatory ana["e]robes, when they thrive only in its
     absence.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]