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precultures

precultures is the plural of preculture.

precultures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preculture.

Meaning of preculture

Noun

preculture (plural precultures)

  1. A preliminary culture; a culture prepared in advance of the main experiment
    • Second, some of the precultures used by Iglesias-Rodriguez et al., particularly those in high-CO₂ treatments, may have experienced nutrient limitation at the time of transfer to the experimental flasks.2008 December 5, Ulf Riebesell et al., “Comment on "Phytoplankton Calcification in a High-CO₂ World"”, in Science, volume 322, number 5907

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Questions about precultures

What is precultures the plural of?
Precultures is the plural of preculture.

Words near precultures in the dictionary

  1. precultivation
  2. precultural
  3. preculturally
  4. preculture
  5. precultured
  6. precultures
  7. preculturing
  8. precum
  9. precummed
  10. precumming
  11. precums

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