preharvested

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ harvest +‎ -ed

Adjective

preharvested (not comparable)

1. Prior to harvesting; pre-harvest
   • 1989, Ib Libner Nonnecke, Vegetable Production‎^[1], →ISBN, page 150:

     Subsequently the temperature of the produce must be maintained at low levels (at or near freezing) and in the presence of high relative humidity in order to maintain a level of quality mirroring that of the preharvested product.

2. (medicine) Harvested in advance
   • 2008 October 31, Lauren Cahoon, “More Than Skin Deep”, in Science‎^[2], volume 322, number 5902:

     Stem cells from bone marrow that can give rise to new immune cells are taken out from a patient, and then physicians use drugs to purposely obliterate the patient's entire immune system, a strategy called immunoablation. After that, the preharvested stem cells are infused back into the patient, where they can create fresh bone marrow and, it is hoped, a new functioning immune system.

Related terms

• preharvest
• preharvesting
• postharvest