Anaerobic

2 definitions found

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

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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