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cryptobiosis Biol.|ˌkrɪptəʊbaɪˈəʊsɪs| [f. crypto- + -biosis as in anabiosis.] (See quot. 1959.)
1959D. Keilin in Proc. R. Soc. B. CL. 166, I should like to propose the term cryptobiosis, that is, latent life, for the state of an organism when it shows no visible signs of life and when its metabolic activity becomes hardly measurable, or comes reversibly to a standstill. 1965New Scientist 28 Oct. 270/2 When an organism is in a state of cryptobiosis mechanical injuries are tolerated that would be immediately fatal in the normal state. |