biostasisn.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˈsteɪsᵻs/, /ˌbaɪoʊˈstæsəs/ A state of stasis or equilibrium in a biological or ecological system; esp. a state in which an organism, while remaining viable, undergoes the suspension of growth (cf. bacteriostasis n.) or of all metabolic processes (cf. cryptobiosis n. 2); suspended animation.
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1955 A. S. Parkes in Ciba Found. Colloquia on Ageing 1 169 The idea of biostasis of the whole body, macabre at first sight, holds nothing new in principle, being woven into the fabric of countless human beliefs, from the resurrection of the dead to the awakening of the Sleeping Beauty.
1979 Oecologia 38 97 Microarthropods are generally attributed the role in decomposition processes of breaking biostasis by removing senescent microbial tissues and mobilizing nutrients which are limiting growth.
1990 A. Steele Clarke County, Space 73 Biostasis for space travel had been achieved not by cryogenics..but through psychoactive drugs.
2007 Quaternary Internat. 175 126/1 Tectonic movements and climatic changes caused extensive soil erosion and sediment deposition... Periods of biostasis and intense pedogenesis followed.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1955- mitsuda-positive
- mitsudanegative
- mitsudapositive
- mitsumata
- mitt
- mitt camp
- mitt joint
- mitt reader
- mittagessen
- mittane
- mitted
- mittel-european
- mitteleuropa
- mitteleuropean
- mitteleuropäisch
- mittell
- mittelschmerz
- mitten
- mitten beaver
- mitten crab
- mitten string
- mitten-gauntlet
- mitten-maker
- mitten-mill
- mitten-sleeve