WordNet
n. a culture medium containing whole blood as the nutrient
Usage examples of "blood agar".
The blood clock was a rotating dish that held a circular slab of blood agar.
The virulent strain was removed from the pigeons and subcultured onto blood agar plates.
Along with the usual laboratory standbys-- horse and sheep blood agar, chocolate agar, simplex, Sabourad's medium-- there were thirty diagnostic media, containing various sugars and minerals.
Along with the usual laboratory standbys-- horse and sheep blood agar, chocolate agar, simplex, Sabourad’.
Using a sanple of blood taken from the body of Gary Wechlas, she was methodically contaminating a series of growth media, jellied compounds filled with nutrients on which bacteria generally thrived: horse blood agar, sheep blood agar, simplex, chocolate agar, and many others.