preconcentrate

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English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ concentrate.

Verb

preconcentrate (third-person singular simple present preconcentrates, present participle preconcentrating, simple past and past participle preconcentrated)

  1. (transitive) To concentrate (a substance) in advance
    • 2015 August 5, Janna G. Kiselar et al., “Modification of β-Defensin-2 by Dicarbonyls Methylglyoxal and Glyoxal Inhibits Antibacterial and Chemotactic Function In Vitro”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:
      The digest mixtures (approximately 400 ng) were loaded onto a 300 μm × 5 mm C18, PepMap reverse phase trapping column to preconcentrate and wash away excess salts using a nano HPLC UltiMate-3000 (Dionex, Sunnyvale, CA) column switching technique.