Preculture

Quick meaning: Preculture is a noun meaning (biology) A preliminary culture; a culture prepared in advance of the main experiment.

Meaning

(biology) A preliminary culture; a culture prepared in advance of the main experiment.

More Meanings

1. (biology) To culture in advance, such as before the main phase of an experiment

Example Sentences

For fresh, nonfrozen hepatocytes precultured for 24 h prior to being plated on collagen, the albumin secretion rate was 0.88 ± 0.62 mg/ml/h.

Second, some of the precultures used by Iglesias-Rodriguez et al., particularly those in high-CO₂ treatments, may have experienced nutrient limitation at the time of transfer to the experimental flasks.

Word Forms

• precultures
• preculturing
• precultured

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include precultivation, preparative, preacclimation, prepatterning, preincubating, preprotocol.

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