"axenic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From a- + xenic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|xenic}} a- + xenic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} axenic (not comparable)
  1. (biology, of a culture, sample, specimen, etc) Containing only a single species of microorganism. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-axenic-en-adj-bgCFuUOM Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  2. (biology, of an organism) Isolated from organisms of any other species. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-axenic-en-adj-K5IvJKrT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a-, English terms prefixed with xeno-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with xeno-: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: axenically, nonaxenic Related terms: axenicity, axenization, axenize, monoaxenic, xeno- (english: and its derivatives, such as xenofree), containment, immunologically naive, isolation

Alternative forms

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