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prefiˈxation
I.
1. [f. prefix v. + -ation.] The employment of prefixes in grammar.
1890Amer. Antiquarian XII. 121 By prefixation and suffixation a considerable number of tenses and modes are formed in the verb. 1957Archivum Linguisticum IX. 101 Hypercharacterization..of a person..is the common denominator of a wealth of processes:..the spreading prefixation of i(l) to the 3d sing. in modern substandard French. 1975N. Chomsky Logical Struct. Linguistic Theory viii. 235 Any complete verb phrase can be turned into a noun phrase by prefixation of ‘to’. 1978Amer. Speech LIII. 64 This last observation prompts Samarin to suggest that glossolalia may provide evidence for a universal tendency to prefer suffixation to prefixation.
II. [f. pre- + ]
2. Anat. [pre- A. 4 b.] The state of a nerve of being prefixed (see prefixed, prefixt ppl. a. 3).
1953[see postfixation n. 1].
3. Biol. [pre- A. 2.] The initial fixation of tissue that is subsequently to be fixed with a second fixative.
1963Jrnl. Cell Biol. XVII. 32 The particles appearing when osmium tetroxide was used after glutaraldehyde or acrolein prefixation were similar to those appearing in rat liver after potassium permanganate..fixation. 1974Nature 20 Dec. 722/1 The present study takes advantage of several circumstances: (i) cells could be frozen without prefixation or cryoprotectants. |