| Main Entry: | anaerobic respiration |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | in biology, a form of incomplete intracellular breakdown of sugar or other organic compounds in the absence of oxygen that releases energy; cellular respiration in the absence of oxygen |
| Example: | Anaerobic respiration occurs in some yeasts and bacteria and in muscle when exercise is strenuous and there is not enough oxygen. |
| Usage: | science |
anaerobic respiration n.
Respiration in which molecular oxygen is not consumed.