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pre-incubate

pre-incubate is the alternative form of preincubate.

Meaning of preincubate

Verb

preincubate (third-person singular simple present preincubates, present participle preincubating, simple past and past participle preincubated)

  1. (of a cell or culture) to incubate before the treatment started

Forms of pre-incubate

third-person singular presentpre-incubates
present participlepre-incubating
past participlepre-incubated
pastpre-incubated

Questions about pre-incubate

What is pre-incubate the alternative form of?
Pre-incubate is the alternative form of preincubate.

Words near pre-incubate in the dictionary

  1. pre-inactivation
  2. pre-increment
  3. pre-incremented
  4. pre-incrementing
  5. pre-increments
  6. pre-incubate
  7. pre-incubated
  8. pre-incubates
  9. pre-incubating
  10. pre-Indo-European
  11. pre-industrial

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