Petri dish culture

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• Petri dish — ► NOUN ▪ a shallow transparent dish with a flat lid, used for the culture of micro organisms. ORIGIN named after the German bacteriologist Julius R. Petri (1852 1922) …   English terms dictionary

• petri dish — [pē′trē] n. [after J. R. Petri (1852 1921), Ger bacteriologist] [also P d ] a very shallow, cylindrical, transparent glass or plastic dish with an overlapping cover, used for the culture of microorganisms …   English World dictionary

• Petri dish — A Petri dish is a shallow glass or plastic cylindrical lidded dish that biologists use to culture cells. It was named after the German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921) who invented it in 1887 when working as an assistant to Robert… …   Wikipedia

• Petri dish — n. a shallow covered dish used for the culture of bacteria etc. Etymology: J. R. Petri, Ger. bacteriologist d. 1921 * * * Petri dish f42 [Petri dish Petri dishes] [ˈpetri dɪʃ] [ˈpetri dɪʃ] [ˈpiːtri dɪʃ] [ˈpiːtri dɪʃ] …   Useful english dictionary

• petri dish — pe·tri dish pē trē n a small shallow dish of thin glass or plastic with a loose cover used esp. for cultures in bacteriology Pe·tri pā trē Julius Richard (1852 1921) German bacteriologist. Petri was an assistant to the eminent bacteriologist… …   Medical dictionary

• petri dish — (pe tre) A shallow dish consisting of two round, overlapping halves that is used to grow microorganisms on solid culture medium; the top is larger than the bottom of the dish to prevent contamination of the culture …   Dictionary of microbiology

• Petri dish — [ pɛtri, pi:tri] noun a shallow, circular, transparent dish with a flat lid, used for the culture of microorganisms. Origin C19: named after the German bacteriologist Julius R. Petri …   English new terms dictionary

• Petri dish — noun A shallow glass dish, with a loose fitting cover, used to culture bacteria …   Wiktionary

• Petri dish — Flat round glass or plastic dish with a matching lid, used for small scale culturing of organisms, germinating seeds etc. Also referred to as plates, hence to plate a culture …   Glossary of Biotechnology

• petri plate — n. [also P p ] a petri dish containing culture medium * * * …   Universalium

• petri plate — n. [also P p ] a petri dish containing culture medium …   English World dictionary