AXENIC


Meaning of AXENIC in English

[ eɪ'zɛnɪk ]

■ adjective Biology (of a culture) free from living organisms other than the species required.

Derivatives

~ally adverb

Origin

1940s: from a- 'not' + Gk xenikos 'alien, strange' + -ic .

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