2. Noun. (medicine) The lack of intestinal bacteria caused by strong antibiotics (or a genetic defect). ¹
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Definition of Abiosis
1. absence of life [n -OSES] : ABIOTIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abiosis
Literary usage of Abiosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microbiology and Microanalysis of Foods by Albert Schneider (1920)
"abiosis.—Freezing, followed by thawing produces a very marked chemical, mechanical,
and molecular changes in foods, especially in foods of vegetable origin. ..."
2. Schmidt's Jahrbücher der in- und ausländischen gesammten Medizin (1879)
"Scheintod, Asphyxia oder besser abiosis (von ... abiosis completa) ist eigentlich
immer derselbe und besteht wesentlich in einer allgemeinen Stockung des ..."
3. A Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British ...by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, George Knottesford Fortescue by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, George Knottesford Fortescue (1891)
"abiosis. Die letzten Tage des wendischen Rostock. pp. 154. Schwerin, 1884. 8".
12554. cc. 35. ..."
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