streak
(strēk)
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1. A line or stripe.
SEE: stria
2. In a laboratory, to spread a sample on a culture medium or agar plate in order to identify any bacteria that may be growing in it.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Streak." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739381/all/streak.
Streak. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739381/all/streak. Accessed November 2, 2024.
Streak. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739381/all/streak
Streak [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 02]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739381/all/streak.
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