gnotobiotic
adjective
- of, relating to, living in, or being a controlled environment containing one or a few kinds of organisms
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌnəʊtəbaɪˈɒtɪk/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek γνωτός (gnōtós) English -biotic English gnotobiotic From Ancient Greek γνωτός (gnōtós, “known”) + English -biotic.
- Pertaining to gnotobiotics.
- Known with good certainty to be free of contaminating species, and thus offering such qualities as immunological naivete.