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cryptobiosis

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001621

A state in which metabolic activity in an organism is halted or slowed in response to adverse environmental conditions such as freezing, dryness, oxygen deficiency, etc.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-001621
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsodormancy; anhydrobiosis
TranslationsSpanish: criptobiosis
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001621",
  "term": "cryptobiosis",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A state in which metabolic activity in an organism is halted or slowed in response to adverse environmental conditions such as freezing, dryness, oxygen deficiency, etc.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "dormancy",
    "anhydrobiosis"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "criptobiosis"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/cryptobiosis/"
}

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