"CFU" meaning in English

See CFU in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: CFUs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} CFU (plural CFUs)
  1. (cytology) Initialism of colony-forming unit. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: colony-forming unit Categories (topical): Cytology
    Sense id: en-CFU-en-noun-AeT6KXlg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  2. (microbiology) Initialism of colony-forming unit. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: colony-forming unit Categories (topical): Microbiology
    Sense id: en-CFU-en-noun-AeT6KXlg1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cfu, Cfu

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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