Exercise during which the energy needed is provided without use of inspired oxygen. This type of exercise is limited to short bursts of vigorous activity.
A microorganism that can live and grow in the absence of oxygen is an anaerobe. TYPES: 1. Facultative anaerobe: An organism that can live and grow with or without oxygen. 2. Obligatory anaerobe: An organism that can live and grow only in the absence of oxygen. Anaerobic: Pertaining to anaerobe. Anaerobic sis: 1. Life in an oxygen-free atmosphere. 2. Functioning of an organ or tissue in the absence of free oxygen.