prebleach

adj, verb — 2 senses

adj

Etymology From pre- + bleach.

Before a bleaching operation.

Right panels represent the time-course of a FRAP experiment: prebleach image (top), first image after bleach (middle), 100 s after start of acquisition (bottom).2015 October 29, “Delineating the Tes Interaction Site in Zyxin and Studying Cellular Effects of Its Disruption”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

verb

Etymology From pre- + bleach.

To apply a bleaching operation in advance of further bleaching.

Since this autofluorescence component bleaches rapidly, we deliberately prebleach it before starting the experiment.2012, Lawrence D. Robb-Gaspers, Paul A. Anderson, Andrew P. Thomas, “Imaging Whole Organs – Single cell [Ca²⁺]ᵢ measurements in the perfused liver”, in Cristina Fasolato, Rosario Rizzuto, editors, Imaging Living Cells, Springer, →ISBN, page 134:

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