preculture noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A preliminary culture; a culture prepared in advance of the main experiment verb1 •To culture in advance, such as before the main phase of an experimentFor fresh, nonfrozen hepatocytes precultured for 24 h prior to being plated on collagen, the albumin secretion rate was 0.88 ± 0.62 mg/ml/h. — 2001 formsprecultured · preculturing · precultures