aerobiosis

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér

Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)

Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der.

English aero-

English -biosis

English aerobiosis

From aero- + -biosis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

aerobiosis (countable and uncountable, plural aerobioses)

1. (biology) Any form of life that is sustained by the presence of air (or oxygen)

Antonyms

• anaerobiosis

Related terms

• aerobiotic
• microaerobiosis

Translations

form of life that is sustained by the presence of air

• Finnish: aerobioosi
• French: aérobiose (fr) f
• Italian: aerobiosi (it) f
• Polish: aerobioza (pl) f
• Portuguese: aerobiose f
• Spanish: aerobiosis (es) f

Spanish

Etymology

From aero- +‎ -biosis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaeɾoˈbjosis/ [ˌa.e.ɾoˈβ̞jo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: a‧e‧ro‧bio‧sis

Noun

aerobiosis f (uncountable)

1. (biology) aerobiosis (form of life that is sustained by the presence of air)

Related terms

• aeróbico

Further reading

• “aerobiosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025