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subcultured

subcultured is the simple past and past participle of subculture.

Meaning of subculture

Verb

subculture (third-person singular simple present subcultures, present participle subculturing, simple past and past participle subcultured)

  1. To transfer (microorganisms) to a fresh growth medium in order to start a new culture
    • Cultures were subcultured by 20-fold dilution into fresh MS2D medium approximately every 7 d.1990, Heidi F. Kaeppler et al., “Silicon carbide fiber-mediated DNA delivery into plant cells”, in Plant Cell Reports, volume 9, number 8

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Questions about subcultured

What is subcultured the simple past and past participle of?
Subcultured is the simple past and past participle of subculture.

Words near subcultured in the dictionary

  1. subcultural capital
  2. subculturalist
  3. subculturalists
  4. subculturally
  5. subculture
  6. subcultured
  7. subcultures
  8. subculturing
  9. subculturings
  10. subculturist
  11. subculturists

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