cotransfer

noun

co·​trans·​fer (ˌ)kō-tran(t)s-ˈfər 

-ˈtran(t)s-ˌfər

variants or co-transfer

plural cotransfers or co-transfers

: an act, process, or instance of transferring something along with one or more related things

cotransfers of specialized T and B cells into test mice

also : cotransduction

cotransfer of linked genes

cotransfer transitive verb

or co-transfer

cotransferred or co-transferred; cotransferring or co-transferring

two genes that were cotransferred

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above