Petri-dish
[pee-tree] /ˈpi tri/
noun
1.
a shallow, circular, glass or plastic dish with a loose-fitting cover over the top and sides, used for culturing bacteria and other microorganisms.
/ˈpɛtrɪ/
noun
1.
a shallow circular flat-bottomed dish, often with a fitting cover, used in laboratories, esp for producing cultures of microorganisms
n.
1892, named for German bacteriologist Julius Petri (1852-1922), who first devised it c.1887.
petri dish pe·tri dish (pē’trē)
n.
A shallow circular dish with a loose-fitting cover, used to culture bacteria or other microorganisms.
petri dish
(pē’trē)
A shallow, circular dish with a loose cover, usually made of transparent glass or plastic and used to grow cultures of microorganisms. The petri dish is named after German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri (1852-1921).
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