"prechemical" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From pre- + chemical.",
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          "ref": "2008, Michael G. Stabin, Fundamentals of Nuclear Medicine Dosimetry, page 173:",
          "text": "From this time until about 10−12 s, in the prechemical phase, some initial reactions and rearrangements of these species occur.",
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        {
          "ref": "2012, William A. Glass, Matesh N. Varma, Physical and Chemical Mechanisms in Molecular Radiation Biology, page 100:",
          "text": "But much remains to be done in understanding the complex physical, prechemical and chemical stages of radiation interactions in even the simplest, biologically relevant, condensed materials.",
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          "ref": "2021, Kirk T. Kitchin, Carcinogenicity, page 253:",
          "text": "An implication of this rationale is that a \"prechemical\" electron transfer occurs prior to the initiating step of carcinogen-biotarget interaction, which can culminate in adduct formation, intercalation, alkylation, etc. […]",
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        "Before a chemical reaction."
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  "word": "prechemical"
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          "ref": "2008, Michael G. Stabin, Fundamentals of Nuclear Medicine Dosimetry, page 173:",
          "text": "From this time until about 10−12 s, in the prechemical phase, some initial reactions and rearrangements of these species occur.",
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          "ref": "2012, William A. Glass, Matesh N. Varma, Physical and Chemical Mechanisms in Molecular Radiation Biology, page 100:",
          "text": "But much remains to be done in understanding the complex physical, prechemical and chemical stages of radiation interactions in even the simplest, biologically relevant, condensed materials.",
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          "ref": "2021, Kirk T. Kitchin, Carcinogenicity, page 253:",
          "text": "An implication of this rationale is that a \"prechemical\" electron transfer occurs prior to the initiating step of carcinogen-biotarget interaction, which can culminate in adduct formation, intercalation, alkylation, etc. […]",
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        "Before a chemical reaction."
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