Home › Words › P › prebleachprebleachprebleach · adj — before a bleaching operation.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, prebleach ranks #41,024 of 42,998 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom pre- + bleach.adjBefore a bleaching operation.e.g.“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:verbTo apply a bleaching operation in advance of further bleaching.e.g.“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, ImaDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).