preconcentrate

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verb

To concentrate (a substance) in advance

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Meanings

verbpreconcentrate (third-person singular simple present preconcentrates, present participle preconcentrating, simple past and past participle preconcentrated)

present singular third person preconcentrates · participle present preconcentrating · participle past preconcentrated · past preconcentrated

  1. transitiveTo concentrate (a substance) in advance

    The digest mixtures (approximately 400 ng) were loaded onto a 300 μm × 5 mm C18, PepMap reverse phase trapping column to preconcentrate and wash away excess salts using a nano HPLC UltiMate-3000 (Dionex, Sunnyvale, CA) column switching technique.

    2015 August 5, Janna G. Kiselar et al., “Modification of β-Defensin-2 by Dicarbonyls Methylglyoxal and Glyoxal Inhibits Antibacterial and Chemotactic Function In Vitro”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI

Origin

From pre- + concentrate.

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