Standard Lemma guide

coculture

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To culture together, usually with another type of cell

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • cells cocultured with macrophages

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kwélh1eti Proto-Italic *kwelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English coculture From co- + culture.