prebleach

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adjective

Before a bleaching operation.

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Meanings

adjectiveprebleach (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore a bleaching operation.

    Right panels represent the time-course of a FRAP experiment: prebleach image (top), first image after bleach (middle), 100 s after start of acquisition (bottom).

    2015 October 29, “Delineating the Tes Interaction Site in Zyxin and Studying Cellular Effects of Its Disruption”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
verbprebleach (third-person singular simple present prebleaches, present participle prebleaching, simple past and past participle prebleached)

present singular third person prebleaches · participle present prebleaching · participle past prebleached · past prebleached

  1. transitiveTo apply a bleaching operation in advance of further bleaching.

    Since this autofluorescence component bleaches rapidly, we deliberately prebleach it before starting the experiment.

    2012, Lawrence D. Robb-Gaspers, Paul A. Anderson, Andrew P. Thomas, “Imaging Whole Organs – Single cell [Ca²⁺]ᵢ measurements in the perfused liver”, in Cristina Fasolato, Rosario Rizzuto, editors, Imaging Living Cells, Springer, →ISBN, page 134

Origin

From pre- + bleach.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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