Etymology
Origin of germfree
Example Sentences
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If you take mice that are germfree, those that have a sterile gut with no commensal bacteria, the phenomenon of oral tolerance does not occur.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 23, 2015
Explains the center's Co-Director Dr. Harry B. Benaron: "We don't say that newspapers are germfree, but they are certainly cleaner than the sheets we find in the average home."
From Time Magazine Archive
It was Reyniers, 53, who pioneered in germfree animal work for 30 years at the University of Notre Dame.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The use of germfree animals as a tool in biological and medical research will be as natural in the future as the use of the microscope and carbon 14," says Bacteriologist James A. Reyniers.
From Time Magazine Archive
In this trap the surgeon's breath is both dried and filtered; the exhaled air escapes backward from the mask's wings, is almost germfree.
From Time Magazine Archive
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