pure culture

noun

the growth of only one microorganism in a culture.

Origin of pure culture

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby pure culture

purdy, pure, pure absence, pure and simple, pure as the driven snow, pure culture, pure democracy, pure food and drug act, pure imaginary number, pure laine, pure land

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British Dictionary definitions for pure culture

pure culture

noun

bacteriol a culture containing a single species of microorganism

Medical definitions for pure culture

pure culture

n.

A culture consisting of the descendants of a single cell.