cocultivation

noun

co·​cul·​ti·​va·​tion ˌkō-ˌkəl-tə-ˈvā-shən 

variants or co-cultivation

: cultivation of two types of cells or tissue in the same medium

cocultivation of unrelated bacterial strains

cocultivate

ˌkō-ˈkəl-tə-ˌvāt 

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

Medical Definition

cocultivation

noun

co·​cul·​ti·​va·​tion ˌkō-ˌkəl-tə-ˈvā-shən 

: cultivation of two types of cell or tissue in the same medium

cocultivate

-ˈkəl-tə-ˌvāt 

transitive verb

cocultivated; cocultivating