Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 5, 2008 01:45
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English term
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Petri dish
English
Tech/Engineering
Medical (general)
We both know it’s a Petri dish at the preschool, Carolyn. You’re a doctor. You know that he caught a cold from one of the other kids, not from being out in the rain.”
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Jan 7, 2008 14:35: NancyLynn Created KOG entry
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hotbed of germs
this is a metaphor. Although Saleh's answer is of course strictly correct, this is used as a metaphor to describe how young children, when congregated into a common area, breed germs like crazy - they are not at all mindful of spreading bacteria to one another, and so illness generally spreads through the daycare very quickly.
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Hervé du Verle
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23 yrs in French medical edition
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a culture broth... a place where you get all the germs
Meaning: You know you can get any germ (you want) at the preschool as it is a real culture broth
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Mihaela Ghiuzeli
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A Passion for Words and Research
Native in: Romanian
Works in: Romanian to English, English to Romanian
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epidemic prone environment
It's a community where there is a high likelyhood to catch infections
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Note added at 57 mins (2008-01-05 02:42:55 GMT)
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sorry for the typo. It's "likelihood " of course.
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Note added at 57 mins (2008-01-05 02:42:55 GMT)
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sorry for the typo. It's "likelihood " of course.
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NancyLynn
: Ah! much less verbose than I! :-)
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Thank you Nancy. I wouldn't say yours is verbose. You got the gist.
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Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
: Yes, in this context, this is the correct answer.
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Thank you Saleh.
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Dana Rinaldi
: this is correct too
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Thank you Dana.
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