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misprimed

misprimed is the simple past and past participle of misprime.

Meaning of misprime

Verb

misprime (third-person singular simple present misprimes, present participle mispriming, simple past and past participle misprimed)

  1. To prime incorrectly.
    • It is also useful when using degenerate primers which may misprime and cause nonspecific products.2007, Ralph Rapley, John M. Walker, Molecular Biomethods Handbook, page 310

Questions about misprimed

What is misprimed the simple past and past participle of?
Misprimed is the simple past and past participle of misprime.

Words near misprimed in the dictionary

  1. mispriced
  2. misprices
  3. mispricing
  4. mispricings
  5. misprime
  6. misprimed
  7. misprimes
  8. mispriming
  9. misprincipled
  10. misprint
  11. misprinted

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