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pre·treat | \ ˌprē-ˈtrēt 
\
\variants:
or pre-treat
pretreated or pre-treated; pretreating or pre-treating
Definition of pretreat
: to treat previously : to subject to pretreatment pretreat the stain before washing pretreated the roads with sand/salt before the snowstorm pretreating wastewater … he now pretreats patients with medicines to counter possible reactions.— Elisabeth Rosenthal
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pretreat
transitive verbpre·treat | \ -ˈtrēt \
\Medical Definition of pretreat
: to subject to pretreatment
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The first known use of pretreat was in 1926
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