乾かん眠みん

noun

anhydrobiosis; cryptobiosis; drought dormancy

A biological state of extreme desiccation and suspended metabolism, seen in organisms like tardigrades and brine shrimp. Technical term.

• クマムシは乾かん眠みん状じょう態たいになると、極きょく限げん環かん境きょうでも生いき延のびられる。

  When tardigrades enter anhydrobiosis, they can survive even in extreme environments.