Associations to the word «Anabiosis»

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Wiktionary

ANABIOSIS, noun. (biology) A state of suspended animation, especially during extreme drought; the act of recovering from this state.

Dictionary definition

ANABIOSIS, noun. Suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne