Anaerobia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anaerobia
       See {anaerobium}