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preadherence

preadherence adjective: prior to adherence.

Adjective

preadherence (not comparable)

  1. Prior to adherence.
    • If microglia survive in these cultures, a preadherence step can be used in the initial setting up of the cultures to facilitate the attachment of suspended microglia prior to establishing the oligodendrocyte cultures.2013, Sergey Fedoroff, Arleen Richardson, Protocols for Neural Cell Culture, page 213

Noun

preadherence (uncountable)

  1. The adherence to something in advance.
    • This derives from the preadherence strategy adopted by the European Council in Essen (Germany) in December 1994, which stipulates, among other things, that the associated countries — therefore, Romania, too — "must implement legislative and regulating systems and apply certifying norms and...1996, Daily Report: East Europe, numbers 74-84, page 50

Origin of preadherence

From pre- + adherence.

Questions about preadherence

What does preadherence mean?
Preadherence means prior to adherence.
What part of speech is preadherence?
Preadherence can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near preadherence in the dictionary

  1. preaddresses
  2. preaddressing
  3. preadenomatous
  4. preadenylated
  5. preadenylylated
  6. preadherence
  7. preadherent
  8. preadipocyte
  9. preadipocytes
  10. preadipocytic
  11. preadipose

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