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a⋅xen⋅ic

  [ey-zen-ik, ey-zee-nik]
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–adjective Biology.
1. (of an experimental animal) raised under sterile conditions; germfree.
2. (of a laboratory culture) uncontaminated.
Origin:
1940–45; a- 6 + Gk xenikós foreign. See xeno-, -ic

Related forms:
a⋅xen⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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a·xen·ic   (ā-zěn'ĭk, ā-zē'nĭk)   
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.

[a-1 + Greek xenikos, foreign (from xenos, stranger; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots).]
a·xen'i·cal·ly adv.
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Main Entry: axe·nic
Pronunciation: (')A-'zen-ik, -'zEn-
Function: adjective
: free from other living organisms axenic culture ofbacteria> —axe·ni·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb
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axenic a·xen·ic (ā-zěn'ĭk, ā-zē'nĭk)
adj.
Not contaminated by or associated with any other living organisms; sterile. Used especially in reference to pure cultures of microorganisms.

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