intervisitation

noun

in·ter·vis·i·ta·tion ˌin-tər-ˌvi-zə-ˈtā-shən

plural intervisitations

: the act or practice of exchanging visits : mutual visiting

Once new diseases are introduced, intervisitation among groups leads to massive epidemics.—

Kim Hill and Hillard Kaplan

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1844, in the meaning defined above

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