Petri dishn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛtrɪ ˌdɪʃ/,

/ˈpiːtrɪ ˌdɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈpitri ˌdɪʃ/

Forms:

α. 1800s– Petri's dish.

β. 1800s– Petri dish, 1800s– petri dish.

Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Petri , dish n.

Etymology: < the name of R. J. Petri (1852–1922), German bacteriologist, who first proposed the use of such a dish ( Centralbl. f. Bacteriol. u. Parasitenkunde (1887) 1 279) + dish n. In α. forms < the genitive of the name of R. J. Petri + dish n.

A shallow, circular, flat-bottomed glass or plastic dish with vertical sides and with a cover of the same shape but slightly larger, used in laboratories to hold experimental samples, esp. media for the culture of microorganisms or cells. Also (figurative): a place, environment, etc., in which rapid growth or development can take place.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > apparatus > [noun] > for storing or containing

boat1847

collecting box1857

moist chamber1869

Pasteur flask1869

plate1886

Petri dish1892

Pasteur pipette1899

Stender dish1900

straw1966

tissue-bank1968

1892 Philos. Trans. 1891 (Royal Soc.) B. 182 654 Crude sewage was introduced into a sterilised and covered Petri's dish.

1892 A. C. Abbott Princ. Bacteriol. xx. 212 Place the tissue in a sterilized Petri dish.

1903 Univ. Nebraska Stud. Oct. 2 The hydroids were cut..into the desired lengths and placed in watch glasses, petri-dishes, finger bowls, etc.

1946 F. Schneider Qualitative Org. Microanalysis vii. 187 Stopper the flask with a small cork, place the side arm in the petri dish, and fill the latter with alkaline permanganate solution.

1973 J. Goodfield Courier to Peking xv. 211 I've got a test I want to do. Get me a Petri dish smeared with gelatine and the following serums.

1981 T. C. Boyle Water Music (1983) iii. 297 With its heat and humidity, seasonal deluges and galaxies of insects, it was a sort of monumental Petri dish for the culture of exotic and frighteningly destructive diseases.

1993 N.Y. Times 25 Apr. h21/3 Africa..is really the petri dish of civilization.

1993 Sat. Night (Toronto) June 17/1 Ovulation-inducing drugs and Petri-dish embryos or the genetic manipulation of plants, animals, and..humans.

2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 85 And once that distinctive reek begins to waft into the dining room, he may as well lay out petri-dishes of anthrax spores as bar snacks, because there is no way the joint is gonna bounce back.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	petri dish
释义	Petri dishn. Brit. /ˈpɛtrɪ ˌdɪʃ/, /ˈpiːtrɪ ˌdɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈpitri ˌdɪʃ/ Forms: α. 1800s– Petri's dish. β. 1800s– Petri dish, 1800s– petri dish. Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Petri , dish n. Etymology: < the name of R. J. Petri (1852–1922), German bacteriologist, who first proposed the use of such a dish ( Centralbl. f. Bacteriol. u. Parasitenkunde (1887) 1 279) + dish n. In α. forms < the genitive of the name of R. J. Petri + dish n. A shallow, circular, flat-bottomed glass or plastic dish with vertical sides and with a cover of the same shape but slightly larger, used in laboratories to hold experimental samples, esp. media for the culture of microorganisms or cells. Also (figurative): a place, environment, etc., in which rapid growth or development can take place. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > apparatus > [noun] > for storing or containing boat1847 collecting box1857 moist chamber1869 Pasteur flask1869 plate1886 Petri dish1892 Pasteur pipette1899 Stender dish1900 straw1966 tissue-bank1968 1892 Philos. Trans. 1891 (Royal Soc.) B. 182 654 Crude sewage was introduced into a sterilised and covered Petri's dish. 1892 A. C. Abbott Princ. Bacteriol. xx. 212 Place the tissue in a sterilized Petri dish. 1903 Univ. Nebraska Stud. Oct. 2 The hydroids were cut..into the desired lengths and placed in watch glasses, petri-dishes, finger bowls, etc. 1946 F. Schneider Qualitative Org. Microanalysis vii. 187 Stopper the flask with a small cork, place the side arm in the petri dish, and fill the latter with alkaline permanganate solution. 1973 J. Goodfield Courier to Peking xv. 211 I've got a test I want to do. Get me a Petri dish smeared with gelatine and the following serums. 1981 T. C. Boyle Water Music (1983) iii. 297 With its heat and humidity, seasonal deluges and galaxies of insects, it was a sort of monumental Petri dish for the culture of exotic and frighteningly destructive diseases. 1993 N.Y. Times 25 Apr. h21/3 Africa..is really the petri dish of civilization. 1993 Sat. Night (Toronto) June 17/1 Ovulation-inducing drugs and Petri-dish embryos or the genetic manipulation of plants, animals, and..humans. 2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 85 And once that distinctive reek begins to waft into the dining room, he may as well lay out petri-dishes of anthrax spores as bar snacks, because there is no way the joint is gonna bounce back. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892
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