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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. living or active in the absence of free oxygen;
- Example: "anaerobic bacteria"
[syn: anaerobic, anaerobiotic]

2. not aerobic;
- Example: "isometric exercises are anaerobic"



The 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]