broth medium

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• broth — brȯth n, pl broths brȯths, brȯthz 1) liquid in which meat or sometimes vegetable food has been cooked 2) a fluid culture medium * * * (broth) 1. a thin soup prepared by boiling meat or vegetables. 2. a liquid culture medium for the cultivation …   Medical dictionary

• broth — ► NOUN 1) soup consisting of meat or vegetable chunks cooked in stock. 2) a liquid nutrient medium for the culture of bacteria. ORIGIN Old English, related to BREW(Cf. ↑brewer) …   English terms dictionary

• Broth — This article is about the food. For the microbial nutrient broth, see growth medium. A bowl of broth. Broth is a liquid food preparation, typically consisting of either water or an already flavored stock, in which bones, meat, fish, cereal grains …   Wikipedia

• medium — 1. A means; that through which an action is performed. 2. A substance through which impulses or impressions are transmitted. 3. SYN: culture m.. 4. The liquid holding a substance in solution or suspension. 5. Any of the substances in which a… …   Medical dictionary

• broth — brothy, adj. /brawth, broth/, n. 1. thin soup of concentrated meat or fish stock. 2. water that has been boiled with meat, fish, vegetables, or barley. 3. Bacteriol. a liquid medium containing nutrients suitable for culturing microorganisms. 4.… …   Universalium

• broth — noun (plural broths) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German brod broth, Old English brēowan to brew more at brew Date: before 12th century 1. liquid in which meat, fish, cereal grains, or vegetables have been cooked… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• broth — noun 1》 a thin soup of meat or vegetable stock, sometimes thickened with barley or other cereals.     ↘meat or fish stock. 2》 Microbiology a liquid nutrient medium for the culture of bacteria. Phrases a broth of a boy Irish a very lively boy or… …   English new terms dictionary

• medium — n. 1) any substance, usually a broth, agar, or gelatin, used for the culture of microorganisms or tissue cells. An assay medium is used to determine the concentration of a growth factor or chemical by measuring the amount of growth it produces in …   The new mediacal dictionary

• broth — [[t]brɔθ, brɒθ[/t]] n. 1) coo a thin soup of concentrated meat or fish stock 2) coo water that has been boiled with meat, fish, vegetables, or grains; stock 3) mcr a liquid medium containing nutrients suitable for culturing microorganisms •… …   From formal English to slang

• broth — n. 1 Cookery a a thin soup of meat or fish stock. b unclarified meat or fish stock. 2 Biol. meat stock as a nutrient medium for bacteria. Etymology: OE f. Gmc: rel. to BREW …   Useful english dictionary

• Mueller-Hinton medium — an agar medium containing beef infusion, peptone, and starch, used for the primary isolation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis, and for antibiotic and sulfonamide susceptibility testing. A broth medium (MHB), prepared by omitting the… …   Medical dictionary