Gnotobiotic

//ˌnəʊtəbaɪˈɒtɪk// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to gnotobiotics. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Known with good certainty to be free of contaminating species, and thus offering such qualities as immunological naivete. not-comparable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνωτός (gnōtós, “known”) + -biotic.

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