Meanings
nounbacteriograph (plural bacteriographs)
plural bacteriographs
- artA picture created by growing bacteria and using a light mask to selectively sterilize regions.
Origin
From bacterio- + -graph. From forming pictures out of bacteria. Coined by Zachary Copfer, who invented it.
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bacteriograph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bacteriograph
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“bacteriograph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bacteriograph. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bacteriograph,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bacteriograph.
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