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xenobiotic

adj

Meaning

  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.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos)der. English xeno- English biotic English xenobiotic From xeno- + biotic.

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