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prehierarchical

prehierarchical adjective: prior to the formation of a hierarchy.

Adjective

prehierarchical (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the formation of a hierarchy
    • However, its potential effects and regulative mechanism in development of chicken ovarian prehierarchical follicles remain unexplored.2015 October 24, “Cooperative Effects of FOXL2 with the Members of TGF-β Superfamily on FSH Receptor mRNA Expression and Granulosa Cell Proliferation from Hen Prehierarchical Follicles”, in PLOS ONE...

Origin of prehierarchical

From pre- + hierarchical.

Questions about prehierarchical

What does prehierarchical mean?
Prehierarchical means prior to the formation of a hierarchy.
What part of speech is prehierarchical?
Prehierarchical is an adjective.

Words near prehierarchical in the dictionary

  1. preherpetic
  2. prehesternal
  3. preheterosexual
  4. prehiatus
  5. prehibernation
  6. prehierarchical
  7. prehilar
  8. prehilbert space
  9. prehilbert spaces
  10. prehire
  11. prehiring

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