"culture medium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: culture media [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|culture media}} culture medium (plural culture media)
  1. (microbiology) A liquid or gel, containing nutrients, that is used to cultivate microorganisms. Wikipedia link: culture medium Categories (topical): Microbiology Synonyms: growth medium Translations (liquid or gel, containing nutrients): 培養基 (Chinese Mandarin), 培养基 (péiyǎngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), živná půda [feminine] (Czech), elatusaine (Finnish), milieu de culture [masculine] (French), substrat [masculine] (French), Nährmedium [neuter] (German), Kulturmedium [neuter] (German), 培地 (baichi) (Japanese)

Inflected forms

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