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  • adjective stimulated in advance

Etymologies

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pre- +‎ stimulated

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Examples

  • The nerves were therefore prestimulated and conditioned to fast action.

    The 9th Directive Hall, Adam 1966

  • Splenocytes were next prestimulated on a monolayer of fixed GL26 cells (1\% PFA for 15 min at RT) in the presence of 10 U / ml IL-2 for 14 d.

    PLoS Medicine: New Articles 2009

  • 1 ·105 CD14+ monocytes were prestimulated with GM-CSF (A) or IFN-γ (B) for 16 hours in concentrations indicated.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Diederik van de Wetering et al. 2009

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