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noun
A shallow glass dish, with a loose-fitting cover, used to culture bacteria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative spelling of Petri dish.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
a shallow dish used to culture bacteria
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dish
History
Named after German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921).
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
