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assay-dish

assay-dish is the alternative spelling of assay dish.

Meaning of assay dish

Noun

assay dish (plural assay dishes)

  1. A small, square glass or plastic dish, having ruled orientation lines that is used in biological experiments such as agar diffusion assays, propagation of bacteria and fungi, culture and screening of bacteria and yeast colonies.

Forms of assay-dish

pluralassay-dishes

Questions about assay-dish

What is assay-dish the alternative spelling of?
Assay-dish is the alternative spelling of assay dish.

Words near assay-dish in the dictionary

  1. assay plates
  2. assay pound
  3. assay pounds
  4. assay ton
  5. assay tons
  6. assay-dish
  7. assay-dishes
  8. assayability
  9. assayable
  10. assayed
  11. assayer

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