axenic

American

[ay-zen-ik, ay-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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They were fed varying diets of sterilized fish food, algae, housefly larvae and axenic worms.

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