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aerobe

A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | 171 words | Copyright

aerobe (air-ohb) n. any organism, especially a microbe, that requires the presence of free oxygen for life and growth. Compare anaerobe.
—aerobic (air-oh-bik) adj.

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