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AXENIC [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
DEF

Not contaminated by or associated with any foreign organisms; used in reference to pure cultures of micro-organisms or to germ-free animals.

Key term(s)
  • germ-free

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
DEF

Se dit d'un animal de laboratoire exempt de tous germes saprophytes ou pathogènes.

CONT

Les spécialistes d'animaux de laboratoires utilisent des mots inconnus du profane [...]. Un sujet est axénique s'il n'héberge aucune espèce vivante étrangère. Il est né par ablation de l'utérus de la mère (hystérectomie) puis a été élevé dans une enceinte étanche rigoureusement stérile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario técnico y científico general
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