culture medium

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsmedium

   Broaderfood

   Narroweragar

   bacteriology

Questions about culture medium

What does culture medium mean?

culture medium means "(bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms".

What is another word for culture medium?

Close synonyms include medium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is culture medium a common word?

culture medium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.