extraorganismal

English

Etymology

extra- +‎ organismal

Adjective

extraorganismal (not comparable)

  1. That exists outside of an organism
    • 2015 October 6, “Deep-Sea, Deep-Sequencing: Metabarcoding Extracellular DNA from Sediments of Marine Canyons”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0139633:
      In fact eDNA, as commonly referred to in the literature, is a continuum from DNA contained in whole living organisms to extraorganismal DNA in tissue remains or free, extramembranous DNA in the environment [28 ].
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