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ANAEROBIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anaerobic mean?
• ANAEROBIC (adjective)
The adjective ANAEROBIC has 2 senses:
1. living or active in the absence of free oxygen
Familiarity information: ANAEROBIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Living or active in the absence of free oxygen
Synonyms:
anaerobic; anaerobiotic
Context example:
anaerobic bacteria
Antonym:
aerobic (depending on free oxygen or air)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not aerobic
Context example:
isometric exercises are anaerobic
Antonym:
aerobic (based on or using the principles of aerobics; enhancing respiratory and circulatory efficiency)
Context examples
A subspecies of anaerobic, Gram positive, curved rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria and the species Mobiluncus curtisii.
(Mobiluncus curtisii subsp holmesii, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, curved rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria.
(Mobiluncus curtisii, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Firmicutes.
(Mitsuokella multacida, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria.
(Mobiluncus mulieris, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of facultatively anaerobic ,Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Enterobacteriaceae.
(Moellerella, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Firmicutes and the family Clostridiales XIII.
(Mogibacterium, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of facultatively anaerobic ,Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria.
(Moellerella wisconsensis, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Firmicutes and the family Veillonellaceae.
(Mitsuokella, NCI Thesaurus)
Although its mechanism of action is not fully elucidated, un-ionized metronidazole is readily taken up by obligate anaerobic organisms and is subsequently reduced by low-redox potential electron-transport proteins to an active, intermediate product.
(Metronidazole, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of obligately anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Actinobacteria.
(Atopobium parvulum, NCI Thesaurus)
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