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bacteriograph

bacteriograph noun: a picture created by growing bacteria and using a light mask to selectively sterilize regions.

Noun

bacteriograph (plural bacteriographs)

  1. A picture created by growing bacteria and using a light mask to selectively sterilize regions.

Forms of bacteriograph

pluralbacteriographs

Origin of bacteriograph

From bacterio- + -graph. From forming pictures out of bacteria. Coined by Zachary Copfer, who invented it.

Questions about bacteriograph

What does bacteriograph mean?
Bacteriograph means a picture created by growing bacteria and using a light mask to selectively sterilize regions.
What part of speech is bacteriograph?
Bacteriograph is a noun.
What is the plural of bacteriograph?
The plural of bacteriograph is bacteriographs.

Words near bacteriograph in the dictionary

  1. bacterioferritins
  2. bacteriogenic
  3. bacteriogenous
  4. bacteriogram
  5. bacteriograms
  6. bacteriograph
  7. bacteriographs
  8. bacteriography
  9. bacteriohopane
  10. bacteriohopanepentol
  11. bacteriohopanepentols

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