pretreatment

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adjective

Prior to treatment.

OriginEnglish treatment ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

adjectivepretreatment (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePrior to treatment.
nounpretreatment (plural pretreatments)

plural pretreatments

  1. Any treatment received before some other process.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishtreatment
  10. Englishpretreatment

From pre- + treatment.

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Translations

Finnish esikäsittely
  • esikäsittelytreatment received prior to some other process
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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