gnotobiotics
- (functioning as singular) the study of organisms living in germ-free conditions or when inoculated with known microorganisms
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Word Origin
C20: from Greek, from gnōtos, from gignōskein to know + bios known life
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gnotobiotics
(nō′tō-bī-ŏt′ĭks)- Gnotobiology.
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