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What does it mean to be anaerobic?
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Doing without oxygen: In medicine, anaerobic usually means anaerobic exercise, such as in the 100-meter race at the olympics. In that sprint, the runners don't get enough oxygen to their leg muscles, so the muscles work in a low-oxygen state during the sprint and recover shortly afterwards. The other medical meaning is anaerobic bacteria or infections, which are nasty germs that grow in low or no-oxygen environments.
Answered 3/31/2019
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