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Conditioned vs Preconditioned - What's the difference?

conditioned | preconditioned |

As verbs the difference between conditioned and preconditioned

is that conditioned is past tense of condition while preconditioned is past tense of precondition.

As an adjective conditioned

is determined or dependent on some condition.

conditioned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (condition)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • determined or dependent on some condition
  • physically fit, especially as the result of exercise
  • prepared for a specific use
  • (psychology) exhibiting a conditioned reflex

    • Anagrams

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    preconditioned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (precondition)

    • precondition

    English

    Noun

  • A requirement which must be satisfied before taking a course of action.
    • A marriage licence is a precondition for a wedding.

    Derived terms

    * preconditional

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (medicine, biology) To condition in advance
  • * {{quote-journal, 1996, C. Weinbrenner et al., Loss of glycogen during preconditioning is not a prerequisite for protection of the rabbit heart , Basic Research in Cardiology, volume=91, issue=5 citation
    • , passage= The hearts were preconditioned by either ischemia or bradykinin or adenosine.}}