Definition of Agar-agar

1. Noun. A colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods.

Exact synonyms: Agar
Generic synonyms: Gum
Substance meronyms: Agar, Nutrient Agar

Definition of Agar-agar

1. Noun. agar ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agar-agar

aganglionic
agapae
agapai
agapanthus
agapanthuses
agape
agape(p)
agapeic
agapes
agar
agar-agar (current term)
agar-agars
agar-gel reaction
agarase
agardite
agardites
agaric
agaric acid
agaricales
agaricic acid
agaricinic acid
agarick
agaricologist
agaricologists
agaricology

Literary usage of Agar-agar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"Test-tubes containing agar- agar and gelatine show that the gas in the ... A basket containing surface cultivations on agar-agar, of spirillum cholera; ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"First, I tried thrombi from agar-agar infected in small glass tubes of the same ... After filing off the bottom of the small test-tubes the agar-agar ..."

3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1906)
"On section of the gland in these cases remains of the agar-agar can be ... That the biliary constituents, suspended in agar-agar, can pass out and come into ..."

4. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1914)
"In the following experiments, 1.5 to 2.0 cc of glycerol agar (agar agar 1.5 percent ... There are only three or four thin flakes of agar agar, 2 by 3.5 mm., ..."

5. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (1820)
"Plain agar-agar: Agar 15 Gm. Peptone 10 Gm. Sodium Chloride 5 Gm. Normal ... Lactose-litmus agar-agar: Sugar of Milk 10 Gm. Agar 15 Gm. Peptone 10 Gm. ..."

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