Usually means: Small dish for culturing microorganisms.
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  1. petri-: Merriam-Webster
  2. Petri: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. petri-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. Petri (given name), Petri: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  11. petri: Wiktionary

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  1. petri-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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  1. Petri: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Petri)

▸ noun:  (informal, microbiology) Ellipsis of petri dish.

Similar:
Petrie, Petry, dish, Petre, microtiter, microwell, multiwell, eppendorf, beaker, Plante, more...

Types:
dish, plate, slide, agar, agarose, agar gel, more...

Phrases:
Petri dish, petri nets, petri dishes, Petri net, petri plate, more...

Adjectives:
stochastic, sterile, colored, level, coloured, olaus, fuzzy, verzar, henric, timed, sub

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Similar:
Petrie, Petry, dish, Petre, microtiter, microwell, multiwell, eppendorf, beaker, Plante, more...

Types:
dish, plate, slide, agar, agarose, agar gel, more...

Phrases:
Petri dish, petri nets, petri dishes, Petri net, petri plate, decomposed petri net, petri dishs, Petri Hawkins-Byrd, Maria Petri, Elio Petri, Carl Adam Petri, Julius Richard Petri, Egon Petri, Petri Lindroos, more...

Adjectives:
stochastic, sterile, colored, level, coloured, olaus, fuzzy, verzar, henric, timed, sub

Colors:
    green,     blue,     red,     yellow,     orange, more...



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