cocultivation

noun

co·​cul·​ti·​va·​tion ˌkō-ˌkəl-tə-ˈvā-shən How to pronounce cocultivation (audio)
variants or co-cultivation
: cultivation of two types of cells or tissue in the same medium
cocultivation of unrelated bacterial strains
cocultivate transitive verb
or co-cultivate
cocultivated or co-cultivated; cocultivating or co-cultivating
a tumor cell line cocultivated with activated macrophages

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cocultivation was in 1966

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“Cocultivation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocultivation. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

cocultivation

noun
co·​cul·​ti·​va·​tion ˌkō-ˌkəl-tə-ˈvā-shən How to pronounce cocultivation (audio)
: cultivation of two types of cell or tissue in the same medium
cocultivate transitive verb
cocultivated; cocultivating
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