preadherence

English

Etymology

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 *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

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Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)influ.

Latin -ia

Medieval Latin adhaerentiader.

Middle French adhérenceder.

English adherence

English preadherence

From pre- + adherence.

Adjective

preadherence (not comparable)

1. Prior to adherence.
   • 2013, Sergey Fedoroff, Arleen Richardson, Protocols for Neural Cell Culture, page 213:

     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.

Noun

preadherence (uncountable)

1. The adherence to something in advance.
   • 1996, Daily Report: East Europe, numbers 74-84, page 50:

     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 implement legislative and regulating systems and apply certifying norms and procedures that are compatible with those of the EU."