# bacteriography

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The art of creating pictures by growing bacteria and using a light mask to selectively sterilize regions.

## Etymology
From bacterio- + -graphy. From forming pictures out of bacteria. Coined by Zachary Copfer, who invented the process.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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