reincubate

English

Etymology

re- +‎ incubate

Verb

reincubate (third-person singular simple present reincubates, present participle reincubating, simple past and past participle reincubated)

1. To incubate again.
   • 2015 August 1, “The Relationship between Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Culture plates were reincubated for a further 24 h if there was no growth after overnight incubation or predominant morphotype seen in Gram smear had not yet been isolated.

Related terms

• reincubation