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2. Adjective. (biology) Relating to a substance foreign to the body or ecological system. ¹

3. Noun. (biology) Any foreign compound not produced by an organism's metabolism ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Xenobiotic

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Medical Definition of Xenobiotic

1. A completely synthetic chemical compound which does not naturally occur on earth and thus believed to be resistant to environmental degradation. A branch of biotechnology called bioremediation is seeking to develop biological methods to degrade such compounds. (13 Nov 1997)

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