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Aerobic

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aerobic /aer·o·bic/ (ar-o´bik)
1. having molecular oxygen present.
2. growing, living, or occurring in the presence of molecular oxygen.
3. requiring oxygen for respiration.
4. designed to increase oxygen consumption by the body.

aer·o·bic (â-rbk)
adj.
1. Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen, as certain microorganisms.
2. Of or relating to aerobes.
3. Relating to or used in aerobics.

Aerobic
Exercise training that is geared to provide a sufficient cardiovascular overload to stimulate increases in cardiac output.
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aerobic
a microbe or microbiological process that functions fully only in the presence of free oxygen.

aerobic effluent treatment
the activated sludge method of handling sewage and abattoir effluent.
aerobic exercise
moderate exercise performed in the circumstance where the blood supply is able to maintain an adequate supply of oxygen to the tissues during the exercise.

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