Breed smear

noun

variants or Breed method

ˈbrēd-

: a test of the bacteriological purity of milk by direct examination of a film of fat-free milk stained with methylene blue, often used to detect the organism of bovine mastitis

Word History

Etymology

after Robert S. Breed †1956 American bacteriologist

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