agar, agar-agar
(ag′ăr)
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(ag′ăr-ag′ăr)
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[Malay agaragar, seaweed (from which gelatin is made)]
1. A dried mucilaginous product obtained from certain species of algae, esp. of the genus Gelidium. Agar is unaffected by bacterial enzymes and therefore is widely used as a solidifying agent for bacterial culture media. It is used as a laxative because of its great increase in bulk on absorption of water. It is also used by vegetarians when recipes call for gelatin.
2. A culture medium containing agar.
3. A constituent of dental hydrocolloid impression materials.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Agar, Agar-agar." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751190/all/xylose_lysine_desoxycholate_agar.
Agar, agar-agar. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751190/all/xylose_lysine_desoxycholate_agar. Accessed November 11, 2024.
Agar, agar-agar. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751190/all/xylose_lysine_desoxycholate_agar
Agar, Agar-agar [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 11]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751190/all/xylose_lysine_desoxycholate_agar.
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