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Petri dish
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a shallow, circular, transparent dish with a lid, commonly used in laboratories to culture and study microorganisms
petri dish
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Example
The students carefully transferred the yeast cells into the Petri dish to study their reproductive behavior.
The scientist placed the bacterial sample in a Petri dish to observe its growth over several days.
The Petri dish was sterilized before use to prevent contamination of the experiment.
Petri dishes are essential tools in microbiology for isolating and identifying different strains of bacteria.
Fungi colonies began to appear in the Petri dish after just 24 hours of incubation.
