dish (dish) a shallow vessel of glass or other material for laboratory work.
Petri dish
Petri dish [pe´tre]
Petri dish a shallow glass dish for growing bacterial cultures.
pe·tri dish (p  tr)n. A shallow circular dish with a loose-fitting cover, used to culture bacteria or other microorganisms. |
Petri dish
[pē′trē, pā′trē]
Etymology: Julius R. Petri, German bacteriologist, 1852-1921
a shallow circular glass dish used to hold solid culture media.
Petri dish [pe´tre]
a round, shallow, flat-bottomed transparent glass or plastic dish with vertical sides and a similar but slightly larger dish that forms a cover; used for the culture of microorganisms on solid media and for tissue cell cultures.
Petri dish
a shallow, circular, glass or disposable plastic dish used to grow bacteria on solid media such as agar.
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