pretargeted

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adjective

targeted prior to some other operation

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Meanings

adjectivepretargeted (not comparable)
  1. not comparabletargeted prior to some other operation

    To label cells pretargeted with norbornene-bearing antibodies, the tetrazine-containing amino acid 2 was conjugated to a commercially available far-red indocyanine fluorophore, Vivo-Tag 680 (Fig 2 ).

    2015 November 5, “Tetrazine-Containing Amino Acid for Peptide Modification and Live Cell Labeling”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From pre- + targeted.

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APA

pretargeted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretargeted

MLA

“pretargeted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretargeted. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pretargeted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretargeted.

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