Petri dish

/ˈpiːtɹi ˌdɪʃ/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shallow glass dish, with a loose-fitting cover, used to culture bacteria.
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of Petri dish. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    a shallow dish used to culture bacteria wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
agar plateculture plate

Etymology

Named after German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921).

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