Associations to the word «Cryptobiosis»

Wiktionary

CRYPTOBIOSIS, noun. (biology) A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted

Dictionary definition

CRYPTOBIOSIS, noun. A state in which an animal's metabolic activities come to a reversible standstill.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca