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prefix
Denoting a precursor (molecule).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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History
From biology circa the 1960s and 1970s, as part of the development of the science of posttranslational modification; by surface analysis, pre- + pro-.
