MEANING
An organism that can live or grow without oxygen.
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Words that belong together
- an obligate anaerobe
- a facultative anaerobe
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The sample contained an anaerobe that grew only in the sealed vessels.
Word forms
- Base
- anaerobe
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular anaerobe; plural anaerobes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, setting. Commonness: moderately common.
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