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prephase

prephase noun: a prior phase; the condition before a particular phase.

Noun

prephase (plural prephases)

  1. A prior phase; the condition before a particular phase
    • Eleven of 50 patients (22%) treated with CHOP began treatment with either prephase prednisone or dose-reduced mini-CHOP, including 6/31 (19%) HIV-positive and 5/19 (26%) HIV-negative patients.2016 March 3, “CHOP Chemotherapy for Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma with and without HIV in the Antiretroviral Therapy Era in Malawi”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of prephase

pluralprephases

Origin of prephase

From pre- + phase.

Questions about prephase

What does prephase mean?
Prephase means a prior phase; the condition before a particular phase.
What part of speech is prephase?
Prephase is a noun.
What is the plural of prephase?
The plural of prephase is prephases.

Words near prephase in the dictionary

  1. preperturbation
  2. prepetition
  3. prepg.
  4. prepharmacy
  5. prepharyngeal
  6. prephase
  7. prephases
  8. prephenate
  9. prephenates
  10. prephenic acid
  11. prephilatelic

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