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gnotobiotic

adjective

  1. of, relating to, living in, or being a controlled environment containing one or a few kinds of organisms
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌnəʊtəbaɪˈɒtɪk/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek γνωτός (gnōtós) English -biotic English gnotobiotic From Ancient Greek γνωτός (gnōtós, “known”) + English -biotic.

  1. Pertaining to gnotobiotics.
  2. Known with good certainty to be free of contaminating species, and thus offering such qualities as immunological naivete.
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