anaerobic
pronunciation
How to pronounce anaerobic in British English:
UK [ˌæneəˈrəʊbɪk]
How to pronounce anaerobic in American English:
US [ˌæneˈroʊbɪk]
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- Adjective:
- living or active in the absence of free oxygen
- not aerobic
Word Origin
- anaerobic (adj.)
- "capable of living without oxygen," 1879 (as anaerobian; modern form first attested 1884), from French anaérobie, coined 1863 by French bacteriologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), from Greek an- "without" (see an- (1)) + aer "air" (see air (n.1)) + bios "life" (see bio-).
Example
- 1. Then anaerobic bacteria take that nitrate and turn it into harmless nitrogen gas .
- 2. Like extended tempo runs , these workouts boosted my anaerobic threshold .
- 3. Price tells webmd that certain anaerobic bacteria thrive in that environment , but not on dry skin .
- 4. He has installed an anaerobic digester , a wind turbine , solar panels and a ground-sourced heat pump .
- 5. Human waste is channelled into a septic tank and undergoes an initial step of sedimentation and anaerobic digestion .