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GERMFREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does germfree mean?
• GERMFREE (adjective)
The adjective GERMFREE has 1 sense:
1. free from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile
Familiarity information: GERMFREE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Free from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile
Context example:
a germfree environment
Similar:
axenic ((of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions)
Also:
antiseptic (thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms)
Antonym:
germy (full of germs or pathological microorganisms)
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