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Noun
/ˈanəˌrōb/,
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anaerobes, plural;
  1. An organism that grows without air, or requires oxygen-free conditions to live

  1. an organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live
  2. An organism that can grow in the absence of oxygen or air.
  3. a term borrowed from bacteriology used to refer to a patient with chronically poor lung function whose blood oxygen levels seem too low to be compatible with life, yet who seems to function normally nonetheless.