noun🔗Share隠生A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted"The tardigrade, also known as the water bear, can survive extreme conditions by entering cryptobiosis, a state where its body completely shuts down until more favorable conditions return. "クマムシとしても知られる緩歩動物は、より好ましい条件が戻るまで体が完全にシャットダウンする隠生の状態で、極端な条件下でも生き残ることができます。physiologybiologyorganismconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading