preadherence

The adherence to something in advance.

Adjective

  1. Prior to adherence.
    • If microglia survive in these cultures, a preadherence step can be used in the initial setting up of the cultures to facilitate the attachment of suspended microglia prior to establishing the oligodendrocyte cultures. -...

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Latin adhaerēns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin adhaerentiader. Middle French adhérenceder. English adherence English preadherence From pre- + adherence.

Noun

  1. The adherence to something in advance.
    • This derives from the preadherence strategy adopted by the European Council in Essen (Germany) in December 1994, which stipulates, among other things, that the associated countries — therefore, Romania, too — "must...