- czapek-dox medium
- \\|chä(ˌ)pek|däks-\ noun
or czapek medium
Usage: usually capitalized C&DEtymology: after Friedrich Czapek died 1921 Czech botanist & Arthur W. Dox died 1954 American chemist
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
czapek-dox medium
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Czapek-Dox agar — Czapek solution agar an agar medium containing sucrose, sodium nitrate, magnesium sulfate, potassium chloride, ferrous sulfate, and potassium buffer, used for the culture of Nocardia, Streptomyces, and fungi. Called also Czapek Dox solution … Medical dictionary
Czapek-Dox solution — Czapek Dox agar; see under culture medium … Medical dictionary
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 medium — noun see czapek dox medium … Useful english 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
Czapek — Friedrich J.F., Czechoslovakian botanist, 1868–1921. See C. solution agar, C. Dox medium … Medical dictionary
Dox — Arthur W., U.S. chemist, *1882. See Czapek D. medium. * * * doxorubicin … Medical 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
