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prechemical

prechemical adjective: before a chemical reaction.

Adjective

prechemical (not comparable)

  1. Before a chemical reaction.
    • From this time until about 10−12 s, in the prechemical phase, some initial reactions and rearrangements of these species occur.2008, Michael G. Stabin, Fundamentals of Nuclear Medicine Dosimetry, page 173
    • But much remains to be done in understanding the complex physical, prechemical and chemical stages of radiation interactions in even the simplest, biologically relevant, condensed materials.2012, William A. Glass, Matesh N. Varma, Physical and Chemical Mechanisms in Molecular Radiation Biology, page 100

Origin of prechemical

From pre- + chemical.

Questions about prechemical

What does prechemical mean?
Prechemical means before a chemical reaction.
What part of speech is prechemical?
Prechemical is an adjective.

Words near prechemical in the dictionary

  1. precheck
  2. prechecked
  3. prechecking
  4. prechecks
  5. precheliceral
  6. prechemical
  7. prechemotherapeutic
  8. prechemotherapy
  9. prechew
  10. prechewed
  11. prechewing

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