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preacclimation

preacclimation adjective: prior to becoming acclimated.

Adjective

preacclimation (not comparable)

  1. Prior to becoming acclimated
    • a preacclimation response to sunlight.

Noun

preacclimation

  1. Acclimation in advance of a particular stimulus or treatment
    • We previously showed that the toxic effects of Fenton's reagent were sufficiently reduced by preacclimation of microorganisms to high concentrations of hydrogen peroxide.1999, Fatih Büyüksönmez et al., “Optimization of Simultaneous Chemical and Biological Mineralization of Perchloroethylene”, in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, volume 65, number 6

Origin of preacclimation

From pre- + acclimation.

Questions about preacclimation

What does preacclimation mean?
Preacclimation means prior to becoming acclimated.
What part of speech is preacclimation?
Preacclimation can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near preacclimation in the dictionary

  1. preaccept
  2. preacceptance
  3. preaccepted
  4. preaccepting
  5. preaccepts
  6. preacclimation
  7. preaccounting
  8. preaccreditation
  9. preaccumulate
  10. preaccumulated
  11. preaccumulates

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