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- anabiosisA state of suspended animation, especially during extreme drought; the act of recovering from this state.
- cryptobiosisA state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted
- eubiosisNormal microbial balance within the body.
- parabiosisThe (natural or surgical) union of parts of two organisms, especially in such a way as to cause them to share their vascular systems. Organisms so joined then are called parabionts.
- anhydrobiosisA form of cryptobiosis that occurs in situations of extreme desiccation.
- epibiosisA relationship between two organisms, one of which lives or grows on the other, but is not parasitic on it
- plesiobiosisA close nesting association between two or more colonies of social insects with little actual interaction.
- probiosisThe mutual beneficial effect that two organisms have on each other
- anoxybiosisA biological response triggered by a lack of oxygen in which an organism takes in water and becomes turgid and immobile; possibly a form of cryptobiosis.
- cryobiosisA cryptobiotic response to a decrease in temperature.