#abioza
- Abiosis — A scientific term denoting the total absence of life or the state of an environment in which the existence of living organisms is completely impossible due to the lack of essential abiotic factors or the presence of extreme physico-chemical conditions. It can also describe the temporary suspension of an organism's vital manifestations (latent life state).
- Anabiosis — An extreme physiological state of latent life in which an organism reduces its metabolism to a virtually undetectable limit, as a defense mechanism against completely unfavorable environmental conditions (freezing, severe drought, lack of oxygen). In this structural stage, vital functions can be fully reactivated upon the return of optimal environmental parameters, a phenomenon frequently encountered in tardigrades, nematodes, and spores.