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axenic

Syllabification: (a·xen·ic)
Pronunciation: /āˈzēnik, āˈzen-/

Definition of axenic

adjective

chiefly Botany
  • of, relating to, or denoting a culture that is free from living organisms other than the species required.

Derivatives

axenically

Pronunciation: /-ik(ə)lē/

adverb

Origin:

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

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