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Petri|ˈpɛtrɪ, ˈpiːtrɪ|
Also petri.
[Name of R. J. Petri (1852–1922), German bacteriologist, who first proposed the use of such a dish (Centralbl. f. Bacteriol. und Parasitenkunde (1887) I. 279).]
Petri (or † Petri's) dish: a shallow, circular, flat-bottomed glass (or plastic) dish with vertical sides and with a cover of the same shape but slightly larger, which is used particularly for growing cultures of bacteria or the like. Also fig.
1892A. C. Abbott Princ. Bacteriol. viii. 87 Petri's dishes are flat, double dishes of glass. Ibid. xx. 212 Place the tissue in a sterilized Petri dish. 1897Muir & Ritchie Man. Bacteriol. 57 The latter are known as Petri's dishes. 1903Univ. Nebraska Stud. Oct. 2 The hydroids were cut..into the desired lengths and placed in watch glasses, petri-dishes, finger bowls, etc. 1946F. Schneider Qualitative Organic Microanalysis vii. 187 Stopper the flask with a small cork, place the side arm in the petri dish, and fill the latter with alkaline permanganate solution. 1973J. Goodfield Courier to Peking xv. 211 I've got a test I want to do. Get me a Petri dish smeared with gelatine and the following serums. 1976Nature 24 June 701/1 Both cell types were plated on plastic Petri dishes (5 cm diameter). |