preculture
preculture noun: a preliminary culture; a culture prepared in advance of the main experiment.
Noun
preculture (plural precultures)
- A preliminary culture; a culture prepared in advance of the main experiment
- Second, some of the precultures used by Iglesias-Rodriguez et al., particularly those in high-CO₂ treatments, may have experienced nutrient limitation at the time of transfer to the experimental flasks.2008 December 5, Ulf Riebesell et al., “Comment on "Phytoplankton Calcification in a High-CO₂ World"”, in Science, volume 322, number 5907
Verb
preculture (third-person singular simple present precultures, present participle preculturing, simple past and past participle precultured)
- To culture in advance, such as before the main phase of an experiment
- For fresh, nonfrozen hepatocytes precultured for 24 h prior to being plated on collagen, the albumin secretion rate was 0.88 ± 0.62 mg/ml/h.2001, T.B. Darr, A. Hubel, “Postthaw Viability of Precultured Hepatocytes”, in Cryobiology, volume 42, number 1
Forms of preculture
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | precultures |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | precultures |
| present participle | preculturing |
| past participle | precultured |
| past | precultured |
Origin of preculture
From pre- + culture.
Questions about preculture
- What does preculture mean?
- Preculture means a preliminary culture; a culture prepared in advance of the main experiment.
- What part of speech is preculture?
- Preculture can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of preculture?
- The plural of preculture is precultures.
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