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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
preform . - adjective
formed ,constructed orassembled in advance
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Examples
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You can buy lots of that in preformed plastic for very cheap or use scrap pieces.
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The body gets vitamin A in two forms: from retinol, or "preformed" vitamin A, and from beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A.
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The body gets vitamin A in two forms: from retinol, or "preformed" vitamin A, and from beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A.
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The study also showed that all volunteers consumed only about a third of their recommended intake from 'preformed' vitamin A - the form found in dairy products such as eggs and milk - indicating that those volunteers carrying the genetic variation were not eating enough vitamin A-rich foods to reach the optimum level their body required to function.
unknown title 2009
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The study also showed that all volunteers consumed only about a third of their recommended intake from 'preformed' vitamin A - the form found in dairy products such as eggs and milk - indicating that those volunteers carrying the genetic variation were not eating enough vitamin A-rich foods to reach the optimum level their body required to function.
unknown title 2009
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What is commonly known as “food poisoning” involves the ingestion of preformed toxins in food.
Treating Food/Water Poisoning in Mexico, or Any Other Place 2009
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What is commonly known as “food poisoning” involves the ingestion of preformed toxins in food.
Treating Food/Water Poisoning in Mexico, or Any Other Place 2009
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What is commonly known as “food poisoning” involves the ingestion of preformed toxins in food.
Treating Food/Water Poisoning in Mexico, or Any Other Place 2009
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But synthetic biology has an Achilles heel, hidden in plain sight: All of the researchers in the field make their creations using strands of preformed DNA and RNA that they can buy from a supply house.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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What is commonly known as “food poisoning” involves the ingestion of preformed toxins in food.
Treating Food/Water Poisoning in Mexico, or Any Other Place 2009
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