culturing

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noun

An act or an instance of growing or maintaining a culture (especially of bacteria).

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of culture
nounculturing (plural culturings)

plural culturings

  1. An act or an instance of growing or maintaining a culture (especially of bacteria).

    Thus a positive finding may require several control culturings after treatment to eliminate false-negative results.

    1975, Dan Danielsson, Lennart Juhlin, Per-Anders Mårdh, Proceedings of the Symposium on Genital Infections and Their Complications, held in Stockholom, Sweden, October 9-11, 1974
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APA

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“culturing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “culturing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturing.

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