Usually means: Suspension and revival of life.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (anabiosis)

▸ noun:  (biology) A state of suspended animation, especially during extreme drought; the act of recovering from this state.

Similar:
aestivation, suspended animation, abiosis, anaerobiosis, hibernation, anoxia, abeyance, asymbiosis, abience, abstainment, more...

Opposite:
catabiosis, thanatopsis, necrobiosis

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Similar:
aestivation, suspended animation, abiosis, anaerobiosis, hibernation, anoxia, abeyance, asymbiosis, abience, abstainment, more...

Opposite:
catabiosis, thanatopsis, necrobiosis



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