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culture

CEFR: B2
The controlled laboratory propagation and growth of biological cells, tissues, or microbial bacteria in an artificial nutrient medium.

Synonyms

  • microbial medium
  • cultivation

Common Collocations

  • cell culture
  • corporate culture
  • bacterial culture

Example Sentence

Pharmacologists screened candidate antimicrobial molecules against bacterial cultures in multi-well microplates.

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