AXENIC


Meaning of AXENIC in English

— axenically , adv.

/ay zen"ik, ay zee"nik/ , adj. Biol.

1. (of an experimental animal) raised under sterile conditions; germfree.

2. (of a laboratory culture) uncontaminated.

[ 1940-45; A- 6 + Gk xenikós foreign. See XENO-, -IC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .