{ ‖An‐a′ër‐o″bi‐a (?), An‐a″ër‐obes (?) }, n. pl. [NL. anaerobia; an-not + aëro- + Gr.� life.] (Bacteriol.) Anaërobic bacteria. They are called facultative anaërobia when able to live either in the presence or absence of free oxygen; obligate, or obligatory, anaërobia when they thrive only in its absence.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.