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xenobiotic

adj

Etymology

From xeno- + biotic.

  1. derived from βιωτικός
  2. prefixed as xenobiotic — “xeno + biotic”

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to xenobiosis.

  2. Relating to a substance foreign to the body or ecological system.

  3. Any foreign compound not produced by an organism's metabolism.

    • This enzyme is characteristic of harmful bacteria species, and it has deconjugative properties that support the transformation of xenobiotics into more toxic substances.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for xenobiotic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA