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Definition of Pretreating
1. pretreat [v] - See also: pretreat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pretreating
Literary usage of Pretreating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The effect of a number of other cationic surfactants on Na+-Na+ exchange was
examined by pretreating the "Na-labeled resin with a 0.001 M solution of the ..."
2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"... and tuberculous bacilli, consisting in pretreating the bacteria, completely
extracting fats with a fatty solvent, as ether, CHC13, benzine, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... response by (a) reducing the external calcium concentration, (b) pretreating
with verapamil or (c) depolarizing the vessel by increasing • Methods. ..."
4. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"Projects include: pretreating and fractionating chemical feedstocks; selecting
and improving microbial cultures; manipulating genes to produce designed ..."