SYN: culture. [Mediev. L. cultivo, pp. -atus, fr. L. colo, pp. cultus, to till]
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cul·ti·va·tion (kul″tĭ-vaґshən) [L. cultivatio] the propagation of living organisms, applied especially to the propagation of cells in artificial media.Medical dictionary. 2011.