Definition of "preconditioning" []

• Present participle of precondition. (verb)
• The act of preparing something for a subsequent action (noun)

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• "The scientists dissected this so-called preconditioning pathway and the proteins that make it happen to identify the most critical molecular players, of which Nfia is one, they said."
• "In short, insulin resistance is determined by the ability to resist mitochondrial hormesis ( 'preconditioning') and thus, hormetic stimuli like physical activity and fasting."
• ""preconditioning" mechanisms, that is, inducing neuronal survival pathways through its selective activation of PKC and focal adhesion kinase enzymes, the focal adhesion complex, and stabilization of the cytoskeleton."