Petri dish
noun/ˈpetri dɪʃ/, /ˈpiːtri dɪʃ/
/ˈpetri dɪʃ/, /ˈpiːtri dɪʃ/
- a shallow covered dish used for growing bacteria, etc. inWord Originlate 19th cent.: named after Julius R. Petri (1852–1922), German bacteriologist.
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