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bacteriography

bacteriography noun: the art of creating pictures by growing bacteria and using a light mask to selectively sterilize regions.

Noun

bacteriography (uncountable)

  1. The art of creating pictures by growing bacteria and using a light mask to selectively sterilize regions.

Origin of bacteriography

From bacterio- + -graphy. From forming pictures out of bacteria. Coined by Zachary Copfer, who invented the process.

Questions about bacteriography

What does bacteriography mean?
Bacteriography means the art of creating pictures by growing bacteria and using a light mask to selectively sterilize regions.
What part of speech is bacteriography?
Bacteriography is a noun.

Words near bacteriography in the dictionary

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

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