extraorganismal
English
editEtymology
editextra- + organismal
Adjective
editextraorganismal (not comparable)
- That exists outside of an organism
- 2015 October 6, “Deep-Sea, Deep-Sequencing: Metabarcoding Extracellular DNA from Sediments of Marine Canyons”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- 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 ].