Preinfected

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    infected in advance not-comparable

    "When confluent growth was achieved, the cells were infected with trypomastigotes (1 × 10 7 parasites/ml) that were obtained from preinfected cultures."

Example

More examples

"When confluent growth was achieved, the cells were infected with trypomastigotes (1 × 10 7 parasites/ml) that were obtained from preinfected cultures."

Etymology

From pre- + infected.

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