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preweaned

preweaned adjective: weaned in advance.

Adjective

preweaned (not comparable)

  1. weaned in advance
    • Subsequently, a randomized field trial was completed in a commercial farm with preweaned calves.2015 December 29, “Oral Administration of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Decreased the Incidence of Severe Diarrhea and Related Mortality Rate and Increased Weight Gain in Preweaned Dairy Heifers”, in...

Origin of preweaned

From pre- + weaned.

Questions about preweaned

What does preweaned mean?
Preweaned means weaned in advance.
What part of speech is preweaned?
Preweaned is an adjective.

Words near preweaned in the dictionary

  1. prewashing
  2. prewatch
  3. prewatched
  4. prewatches
  5. prewatching
  6. preweaned
  7. preweaning
  8. preweanling
  9. preweanlings
  10. prewedding
  11. preweigh

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