nonculture

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ culture.

Noun

nonculture (countable and uncountable, plural noncultures)

  1. (uncountable) Absence of culture.
  2. (countable) A group or community that is not a culture.

Adjective

nonculture (not comparable)

  1. Not involving a bacterial culture.
    nonculture tests for chlamydial infection