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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An organism, such as a bacterium, that can live in the absence of free oxygen.

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  • noun An anaerobic organism; one that does not require oxygen to sustain its metabolic processes.

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

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