preacclimation
nounEtymology From pre- + acclimation.
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Biology, Natural sciences Acclimation in advance of a particular stimulus or treatment
- We previously showed that the toxic effects of Fenton's reagent were sufficiently reduced by preacclimation of microorganisms to high concentrations of hydrogen peroxide.1999, Fatih Büyüksönmez et al., “Optimization of Simultaneous Chemical and Biological Mineralization of Perchloroethylene”, in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, volume 65, number 6:
- Related terms
- preacclimate, postacclimation