Medical Dictionary

preincubate

vt pre·in·cu·bate \-ˈiŋ-kyə-ˌbāt, -ˈin-\
pre·in·cu·bat·edpre·in·cu·bat·ing

Medical Definition of PREINCUBATE

:  to incubate (as a cell or a culture) prior to a treatment or process <red cells were preincubated with cholinergic ligands—D. P. Richman et al>

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