Usually means: Suspension of metabolism due to conditions.
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▸ noun:  (biology) A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted

Similar:
cryptobiont, cleptobiosis, abiosis, osmobiosis, chemobiosis, anhydrobiosis, anoxybiosis, parabiosis, bioclaustration, hemibiotroph, more...

Opposite:
metabolism, activity, life

Types:
anabiosis, catabiosis, anoxybiosis, anoxybiotic, more...

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Similar:
cryptobiont, cleptobiosis, abiosis, osmobiosis, chemobiosis, anhydrobiosis, anoxybiosis, parabiosis, bioclaustration, hemibiotroph, more...

Opposite:
metabolism, activity, life

Types:
anabiosis, catabiosis, anoxybiosis, anoxybiotic, more...



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