Synonyms

axenic

American

[ey-zen-ik, ey-zee-nik] / eɪˈzɛn ɪk, eɪˈzi nɪk /

adjective

Biology.

(of an experimental animal) raised under sterile conditions; germfree.
(of a laboratory culture) uncontaminated.

axenic British

/ eɪˈziːnɪk /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

axenically adverb

Etymology

Origin of axenic

1940–45; a- ⁶ + Greek xenikós foreign. See xeno-, -ic

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These genomes provide hundreds of potential drug targets that can be tested using high-throughput drug screenings that were made possible by recent advances in axenic and cell culturing techniques.

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