anabiosis

American

[an-uh-bahy-oh-sis] / ˌæn ə baɪˈoʊ sɪs /

noun

a bringing back to consciousness; reanimation after apparent death.

anabiosis British

/ ˌænəbaɪˈɒtɪk, ˌænəbaɪˈəʊsɪs /

noun

the ability to return to life after apparent death; suspended animation

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Other Word Forms

anabiotic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of anabiosis

1885–90; < New Latin < Greek anabíōsis a coming back to life, equivalent to anabiō-, variant stem of anabioûn to return to life ( see ana-, bio-) + -sis -sis

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anabiosis

His photographs show that during anabiosis membranes contract in intricate folds within the shrunken cell.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, because of the perseverance of German Botanist Ernst Perner, several theories about anabiosis have finally been confirmed.

From Time Magazine Archive

John Hunter, supported by his experiments on anabiosis, hoped to prolong the life of man indefinitely by alternate freezing and thawing; and the Veronese Colonel Aless.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

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