(a.) Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks.
Example Sentences:
(1) The others are used orally by preserving the Salazopyrin structure and its azoic link, like di-ASA (Dipentum) or by coating 5 ASA to allow its release in the distal bowel (Asacol, Claversal, Salofalk, Pentasa).
(2) The frequencies of SCEs were recorded in a group of workers exposed to azoic dyes and in a control group.
(3) A new complex of tetrachloroplatinum(II) and the azoic diazo dye, Fast Black K, Pt(Fast Black)2, was made in an attempt to produce an uncharged molecule which could readily gain access into cells and could bring a high concentration of tetrachloroplatinum into the vicinity of the DNA.