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A state in which an animal's metabolic activities come to a reversible standstill
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cryptobiosis
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Cryptobiosis is an ametabolic state of life entered by an organism in response to adverse environmental conditions such as desiccation , freezing , and oxygen deficiency. In the cryptobiotic state, all metabolic processes stop, preventing reproduction , ...
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n. (context biology English) A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted
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n. a state in which an animal's metabolic activities come to a reversible standstill
Usage examples of cryptobiosis.
Walbrook Enterprises thought of the process as something akin to cryptobiosis, a cryptobiosis which would work for human beings.