adj :  of, relating to, living in, or being a controlled environment containing one or a few kinds of organisms : also  :  free from other living organisms  :  AXENIC < mice>  gno*to*bi*ote n gno*to*bi*ot*i*cal*ly adv 
 
   
 
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