"Petri dish" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpiːtɹi ˌdɪʃ/, /ˈpɛtɹi ˌdɪʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Petri dish.wav [US] Forms: Petri dishes [plural]
Etymology: Named after German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921). Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|bacteriologist||||}} bacteriologist, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Julius Richard Petri}} Julius Richard Petri, {{named-after|en|Julius Richard Petri|born=1852|died=1921|nat=German|occ=bacteriologist|wplink==}} Named after German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Petri dish (plural Petri dishes)
  1. A shallow glass dish, with a loose-fitting cover, used to culture bacteria. Categories (topical): Microbiology Synonyms: petri dish, petri [informal] Translations (dish used to culture bacteria): 培養皿 (Chinese Mandarin), 培养皿 (péiyǎngmǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), Petriho miska [feminine] (Czech), petriskål [common-gender] (Danish), petrischaal [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), elatusmalja (Finnish), petrimalja (Finnish), boîte de Petri [feminine] (French), Petrischale [feminine] (German), Petri-csésze (Hungarian), Петрийн аяга (Petriin ajaga) (Mongolian), petriskål [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), petriskål [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), placa de Petri (Portuguese), ча́шка Пе́три (čáška Pétri) [feminine] (Russian), placa de Petri [feminine] (Spanish), petriskål [common-gender] (Swedish), pinggang Petri (Tagalog)

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