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Czapek-Dox agar (solution) — Cza·pek Dox agar (solution) (chahґpek doksґ) [Friedrich Johann Franz Czapek, Czech botanist, 1868–1921; Arthur Wayland Dox, American chemist, 20th century] see under culture medium … Medical dictionary
Czapek-Dox solution — Czapek Dox agar; see under culture medium … Medical dictionary
czapek-dox medium — |chä(ˌ)pek|däks noun or czapek medium Usage: usually capitalized C&D Etymology: after Friedrich Czapek died 1921 Czech botanist & Arthur W. Dox died 1954 American chemist : a culture medium for various fungi consisting essentially of a balanced… … Useful english dictionary
agar — A complex polysaccharide (a sulfated galactan) derived from seaweed (various red algae); used as a solidifying agent in culture media; it has the valuable property of melting at 100°C, but not solidifying until 49°C. [Bengalese] bile salt a. an a … Medical dictionary
Czapek — Friedrich J.F., Czechoslovakian botanist, 1868–1921. See C. solution agar, C. Dox medium … Medical dictionary
medium — 1. A means; that through which an action is performed. 2. A substance through which impulses or impressions are transmitted. 3. SYN: culture m.. 4. The liquid holding a substance in solution or suspension. 5. Any of the substances in which a… … Medical dictionary
