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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

anabiosis \anabiosis\ n.
   1. suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme
      drought from which they revive when moisture returns.
      [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

anabiosis
    n 1: suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme
         drought from which they revive when moisture returns