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Axenic

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Adjective

1. axenic

(of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions

Example Sentences:
'axenic conditions'
'germfree animals'

2. axenic

(used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms

Example Sentences:
'an axenic culture'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Axenic

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adjective
(of a biological culture or culture medium) free from other microorganisms; uncontaminated

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Axenic

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adjective
not contaminated; gnotobiotic
said esp. of a culture medium devoid of all living organisms except those of a single species

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Axenic

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adj.
Not contaminated by or associated with any other living organisms. Usually used in reference to pure cultures of microorganisms that are completely free of the presence of other organisms.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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