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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.
Mentioned in: Exercise, Gangrene
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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The process can occur aerobically (with the aid of oxygen) or anaerobically (without oxygen).
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And this manifestation would be even more apparent and occur more quickly in aerobically conditioned athletes because of their ability to extract more oxygen from the ambient air per unit time and leave more CO2 to build-up.
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Some pathways operate aerobically (they need oxygen) whereas others run anaerobically (they do not use oxygen).
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