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Petri dish
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petri dish
English
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Alternative forms
en petri dish
en petri informal
Etymology
en German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri = 1852 1921.
Pronunciation
en /ˈpɛtɹi ˌdɪʃ/
en /ˈpiːtɹi ˌdɪʃ/ US
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en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Tesco250-Petri dish.wav UK
Noun
A shallow glass dish, with a loose-fitting cover, used to culture bacteria.
Translations
dish used to culture bacteria
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 培養皿 péiyǎngmǐn
Czech: cs Petriho miska f
Danish: da petriskål c
Dutch: nl petrischaal m f
Finnish: fi elatusmalja, fi petrimalja
French: fr boîte de Petri f
German: de Petrischale f
Hungarian: hu Petri-csésze
Indonesian: id cawan petri, id piring makmal
Malay: ms ceper petri, ms piring petri
Mongolian: mn Петрийн аяга
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb petriskål m f
Nynorsk: nn petriskål f
Polish: pl szalka Petriego f
Portuguese: pt placa de Petri
Russian: ru ча́шка Пе́три f
Spanish: es placa de Petri f, es cápsula de Petri f, es caja de Petri f
Swedish: sv petriskål c
Tagalog: tl pinggang Petri
Further reading
en Microbiology