reincubate

Etymology

From re- + incubate.

reincubate means to incubate again. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To incubate again.“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.”