axenization
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Noun[edit]
axenization (countable and uncountable, plural axenizations)
- (uncountable) The process of isolating a particular organism from all others.
- The axenization of microbes allows concentrated groups to be studied in a pure culture.
- (countable) An instance of this process.
- The lab succeeded in 60% of the axenizations that it attempted.