cocultivation

co·cul·ti·va·tion .kō-.kəl-tə-'vā-shən n cultivation of two types of cell or tissue in the same medium

co·cul·ti·vate -'kəl-tə-.vāt vt, -vat·ed; -vat·ing

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co·cul·ti·va·tion (ko″kəl-tĭ-vaґshən) the culturing of cells (e.g., normal uninfected human cells) with infected or latently infected cells of the same kind.