culture medium


nounBacteriology.

Origin of culture medium

1
First recorded in 1880–85

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culture medium

noun
  1. a nutritive substance, such as an agar gel or liquid medium, in which cultures of bacteria, fungi, animal cells, or plant cells are grown

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