Preculture
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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."
Verb
- 1 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From pre- + culture.
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