Axenic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  axenic \axenic\ adj.
     1. raised under sterile conditions; -- of experimental
        animals; as, axenic conditions.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. pure or completely free of the presence of other


        organisms; -- used of cultures of microorganisms; as, an
        axenic culture.
  
     Syn: uncontaminated; germ-free.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  axenic
       adj 1: (of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions;
              "axenic conditions"; "germfree animals"
       2: used of cultures of microorganisms; not contaminated by or
          completely free of the presence of other organisms; "an
          axenic culture"