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prebleach en · ADJ

Etymology

From pre- + bleach.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Before 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:

prebleach en · VERB

Etymology

From pre- + bleach.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To 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:

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