coculture

English

Alternative forms

• co-culture

Etymology

co- +‎ culture

Noun

coculture (plural cocultures)

1. (biology) A cell culture containing two (or sometimes more) different types of cells.

   The cocultures of HeLa cells and lymphocytes were incubated for 24 hours.

Related terms

• triculture, tetraculture

Verb

coculture (third-person singular simple present cocultures, present participle coculturing, simple past and past participle cocultured)

1. (biology) To culture together, usually with another type of cell

   cells cocultured with macrophages

Anagrams

• occulture