CULTURE MEDIUM

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Meaning:

(bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms

Synonyms:

culture medium; medium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("culture medium" is a kind of...):

food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)

Domain category:

bacteriology (the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "culture medium"):

agar; nutrient agar (any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent)