germfree

Definitions of germfree
  1. adjective
    free from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile
    “a germfree environment”
    synonyms:
    antiseptic
    thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
    axenic
    (of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions
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    antonyms:
    germy
    full of germs or pathological microorganisms
    infected, septic
    containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
    unsterilised, unsterilized
    not sterilized
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