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basal medium

basal medium noun: a growth medium that incorporates a generic material (e.g. yeast extract) of unknown precise composition.

Noun

basal medium (plural basal media)

  1. A growth medium that incorporates a generic material (e.g. yeast extract) of unknown precise composition

Forms of basal medium

pluralbasal media

Questions about basal medium

What does basal medium mean?
Basal medium means a growth medium that incorporates a generic material (e.g. yeast extract) of unknown precise composition.
What part of speech is basal medium?
Basal medium is a noun.
What is the plural of basal medium?
The plural of basal medium is basal media.

Words near basal medium in the dictionary

  1. basal laminae
  2. basal laminas
  3. basal layer
  4. basal layers
  5. basal media
  6. basal medium
  7. basal metabolic rate
  8. basal metabolic rates
  9. basal tomenta
  10. basal tomentum
  11. basal tubercle

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