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ANAEROBE

\ˈane͡əɹˌə͡ʊb], \ˈane‍əɹˌə‍ʊb], \ˈa_n_eə_ɹ_ˌəʊ_b]\

Definitions of ANAEROBE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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an organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

an organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Any microbe which thrives with no access to the air.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

pl., anaerobes, anaerobia. Organisms having the power to live without air or free oxygen.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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