ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Exobiotic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Exobiotic is an adjective meaning From outside of an organism or from the substrate.

Meaning

From outside of an organism or from the substrate.

More Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to exobiology.
  2. (medicine) An exobiotic substance, especially one that influences the functioning of an organ or biological process.

Example Sentences

Little is known about the clinical safety of exobiotic polymers.
Some kind of exobiotic plague had run through the animal stock seven months back, and half of them had died.
Around me were computer databases filled with records of innumerable galaxies, exobiotic life forms and extraterrestrial cultures.
Due to soil types and other exobiotic factors (e.g^([sic]) water supply and temperature) many microenvironments may be present, leading to the need for polysaccharides adapted to these conditions.

Word Forms

Antonyms for exobiotic

Common opposites include endobiotic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include exogenous, eobiotic, ectobiotic, xenobiotic, extraorganismal, xenogenic.

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