anaerobic meaning
Adjective: anaerobic `aneh'rowbik
- Living or active in the absence of free oxygen
"anaerobic bacteria"
- anaerobiotic - Not aerobic
"isometric exercises are anaerobic"
Antonym: aerobic
Encyclopedia: Anaerobic
[Medicine]
adj
1
a : living, active, or occurring in the absence of free oxygen ‹during heavy exercise anaerobic respiration occurs, pyruvic acid acts as a hydrogen acceptor, and lactic acid builds up in the tissues›
b : of, relating to, or being activity in which the body incurs an oxygen debt ‹anaerobic exercise›
2 : relating to or induced by anaerobes — an·aer·o·bi·cal·ly adv
[Oil and gas]
Refers to microbial life or processes that occur in the absence of oxygen.
- anaerobic exercise: Noun: anaerobic ex ...
- anaerobic threshold: [Medicine]The oxyg ...
- anaerobic thresholds: [Medicine]The oxyg ...
Examples
More: Next- the anaerobic breakdown of glucose is called glycolysis.
- the optimal conditions for the anaerobic digestion are the following.
- this is 19 times the energy obtainable under anaerobic circumstances.
- infection, especially anaerobic infection, is much more apt to occur.
- the slime layer consists of one aerobic and one anaerobic sublayer.
