cryptobiosis

1. 1.

   a state in which an animal's metabolic activities come to a reversible standstill

   Broaderphysical condition

Other forms of cryptobiosis

plural

cryptobiosises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cryptobiosis

What does cryptobiosis mean?

cryptobiosis means "a state in which an animal's metabolic activities come to a reversible standstill".

How many syllables are in cryptobiosis?

cryptobiosis has 5 syllables and divides as cryp-to-bi-o-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.