tissue culture
noun
: the process or technique of making body tissue grow in a culture medium outside the organism
also
: a culture of tissue (such as epithelium)
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In order for tissue culture to be successful, the cutting used needs to be completely sterilized, or fungus and bacteria will ruin the culture.
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Dr. Matthew Lisy, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2025
While modern, commercial cultivation frequently relies on cloning and tissue culture to maintain genetic consistency, seeds remain essential for biodiversity and the expansion of cannabis genetics.
—Javier Hasse, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
This was done by incubating the patient's cells with DNA extracted from a donor with normal hemoglobin in tissue culture.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
So far, researchers have failed to grow them in the lab outside of their host vine—and they cannot be propagated using usual techniques like cuttings, seeds or tissue culture, as Erika Marie Bascos, a biologist at the University of the Philippines, told Mongabay’s Mikael Francisco in July.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
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Dr. Matthew Lisy, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2025
While modern, commercial cultivation frequently relies on cloning and tissue culture to maintain genetic consistency, seeds remain essential for biodiversity and the expansion of cannabis genetics.
—Javier Hasse, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
This was done by incubating the patient's cells with DNA extracted from a donor with normal hemoglobin in tissue culture.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
So far, researchers have failed to grow them in the lab outside of their host vine—and they cannot be propagated using usual techniques like cuttings, seeds or tissue culture, as Erika Marie Bascos, a biologist at the University of the Philippines, told Mongabay’s Mikael Francisco in July.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
See All Example Sentences for tissue culture
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“Tissue culture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tissue%20culture. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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