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prefasting

prefasting adjective: prior to fasting.

Adjective

prefasting (not comparable)

  1. Prior to fasting
    • The bold lines indicate time points at which fasting values were statistically different from the prefasting values according to two-way, one-sample t-tests.2015 October 15, “How and When Do Insects Rely on Endogenous Protein and Lipid Resources during Lethal Bouts of Starvation? A New Application for 13 C-Breath testing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of prefasting

From pre- + fasting.

Questions about prefasting

What does prefasting mean?
Prefasting means prior to fasting.
What part of speech is prefasting?
Prefasting is an adjective.

Words near prefasting in the dictionary

  1. prefashion
  2. prefashionable
  3. prefashioned
  4. prefashioning
  5. prefashions
  6. prefasting
  7. prefatial
  8. prefatigue
  9. prefatigued
  10. prefatorial
  11. prefatorily

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