Definition of Prebiotic

1. Adjective. occurring before the advent of life ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of a food) non digestible but beneficial ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prebiotic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prebiotic

prebiblical
prebid
prebidden
prebidding
prebids
prebill
prebilled
prebilling
prebills
prebind
prebinding
prebinds
prebiologic
prebiological
prebiotic (current term)
prebiotic organic synthesis
prebiotically
prebiotics
prebirth
prebirths
preblended
prebless
preblessed
preblesses
preblessing
preblog
preboard
preboarded
preboarding

Literary usage of Prebiotic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"A prebiotic may simply be defined as a substance that serves as nutrition or fermentation media for probiotic organisms. The International Scientific ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98105. 12 February 1970; revised 23 July 1970 • prebiotic Synthesis of ..."

3. Life in the Universe: An Assessment of the U.S. and International Programs by Committee On The Origins And E, ebrary, Inc (2003)
"Instrument development for exploration number of laboratories and young researchers involved in prebiotic chemistry is small. ..."

4. Nutrient Composition of Rations for Short-term, High-intensity Combat Operations by Fnb, Institute of Medicine (U. S.), High-stress Situations, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"They found that fecal weight and duration of diarrhea were reduced by the addition of this prebiotic. Probiotics have been studied extensively with the aim ..."

5. Neither Created Nor Evolved: Living Joyously Without a Creator by Walter Prytulak (2001)
"Assuming the role of a skeptic, for illustration purposes, Robert Shapiro had argued in "Origins' with an imaginary prebiotic spokesman Dr. Midas against ..."

6. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"The working group on biology concluded that the evolution of organisms or prebiotic materials was most likely to have occurred on Mars ..."

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