culturability

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noun

The quality or degree of being culturable.

OriginEnglish culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra →
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Meanings

nounculturability (countable and uncountable, plural culturabilities)

plural culturabilities

  1. countableuncountableThe quality or degree of being culturable.

    At near optimal growth temperatures (25–37°C) a direct relationship between culturability and organic matter concentration was observed.

    1997, Diane G. Newell, Campylobacters, Helicobacters, and Related Organisms, page 170

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  4. Latincolō
  5. Latincultūra
  6. Middle Frenchculture
  7. Englishculture
  8. Englishculturability

From culture + -ability.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

culturability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturability

MLA

“culturability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturability. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “culturability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturability.

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