gno·to·bi·ot·ics (n  t-b - t  ks)n. Gnotobiology. |
gnotobiotics [no″to-bi-ot´iks]
1. the science of maintaining a microbiologically controlled environment.
2. the science of raising laboratory animals whose microflora and microfauna are specifically known in their entirety.
gnotobiotics
the science of rearing gnotobiotes. Also used in the more general sense of rearing specific pathogen free animals for use in a disease-free environment on commercial farms.
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