[ 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 .
[ 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 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004