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fastidious
has definitions from the field of microbiology
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[ adjective ] giving and careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
Examples "a fastidious and incisive intellect" "fastidious about personal cleanliness" Used in print (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)Moreover , it should not be so fastidious in its growth requirements as to make production on a militarily significant scale improbable . Related terms unfastidious finical choosy dainty pernickety meticulous old-maidish meticulous refined tidy |
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[ adjective ] (microbiology) having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
Synonyms Examples "fastidious microorganisms" "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements" Related terms |
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