anaerobic

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anaerobic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anaerobic \An*a`["e]*rob"ic\, a. [Pref. an-not + a["e]robic.]
     1. (Biol.) Not requiring air or oxygen for life; -- applied
        especially to those microbes to which free oxygen is
        unnecessary; ana["e]robiotic; -- opposed to a["e]robic.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. (Biol.) Relating to, or like, ana["e]robies;
        ana["e]robiotic.
        [1913 Webster]

anaerobic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anaerobic
      adj 1: living or active in the absence of free oxygen;
             "anaerobic bacteria" [syn: anaerobic, anaerobiotic]
             [ant: aerobic, aerophilic, aerophilous]
      2: not aerobic; "isometric exercises are anaerobic" [ant:
         aerobic]