| BIOTICS | • biotics n. (Ethics) The promotion of enjoyment and the reduction of suffering. • biotics n. Plural of biotic. • BIOTICS n. the science of living organisms. |
| PREBIOTICS | • prebiotics n. Plural of prebiotic. • PREBIOTIC n. a natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut. |
| PROBIOTICS | • probiotics n. Plural of probiotic. • PROBIOTIC n. a harmless bacterium that helps to protect the body from harmful bacteria. |
| SYNBIOTICS | • synbiotics n. Plural of synbiotic. • SYNBIOTIC n. a substance that contains a probiotic and a prebiotic that supports it. |
| ANTIBIOTICS | • antibiotics n. Plural of antibiotic. • ANTIBIOTIC n. a substance derived from a microorganism and able in dilute solution to inhibit or kill another microorganism. |
| XENOBIOTICS | • xenobiotics n. Plural of xenobiotic. • XENOBIOTIC n. a xenobiotic substance or item. |
| GNOTOBIOTICS | • gnotobiotics n. The science involved with maintaining a microbiologically controlled environment. • GNOTOBIOTICS n. the study of organisms living in germfree conditions or when inoculated with known microorganisms. |
| MACROBIOTICS | • macrobiotics n. The art of prolonging life. • MACROBIOTICS n. the art or science of prolonging life; a cult partly concerned with diet, foods regarded as pure being vegetable substances grown and prepared without chemicals or processing. |
| NONANTIBIOTICS | • nonantibiotics n. Plural of nonantibiotic. • NONANTIBIOTIC n. something that is not antibiotic. |