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单词 monoxenic
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monoxenicadj.

Brit. /ˌmɒnəkˈsɛnɪk/, /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈzɛnɪk/, /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈziːnɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈzɛnɪk/, /ˌmɑnəˈzinɪk/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: mono- comb. form, Greek ξένος , -ic suffix.
Etymology: < mono- comb. form + ancient Greek ξένος (see xeno- comb. form) + -ic suffix. Compare earlier monoxenous adj., and also earlier polyxenic adj. at poly- comb. form 1.
Biology.
Designating the culture of a parasitic organism in the presence of a single host species.
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1953 E. C. Dougherty in Parasitology 42 259/2 Such an expression as ‘two-membered culture’ becomes ‘monoxenic culture’.
1969 Oikos 20 287 (heading) The monoxenic cultivation of some rhabditid nematodes.
1992 Phytopathology 82 936/1 Criconemella xenoplax was grown in monoxenic cultures on crimson clover, carnation, tomato, and western sand cherry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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