precursorial

English

Etymology

precursor +‎ -ial

Adjective

precursorial (not comparable)

1. Acting as or being a precursor.
   • 2013, Joseph W. Segura, David E. Patterson, Andrew J. LeRoy, “Wolf Piezoelectric Lithotripsy”, in James Lingeman, editor, Shock Wave Lithotripsy: State of the Art, page 279:

     Because no precursorial shock wave is present, because of a center focal point for the shockwave, and because of the lower pressure of shock wave in this machine, the patient feels no pain and it is possible to treat without any kind of anesthesia, including IV sedation.

   • 2013, Lawrence Dillon, The Inconstant Gene, page 194:

     Later the thick filaments acquired a more compact, regular arrangement to form interrupted series of structural units (sarcomeres), on which precursorial M-lines and H-bands could then be noted.

   • 2013, C. E. Finch, Parkinson’s Disease—II: Aging and Neuroendocrine Relationships, page 61:

     The presence of these precursorial forms of the hormones was initially demonstrated by gel filtration chromatography and radioimmunoassay of glandular tissue extracts.

   • 2002, David Roger Oldroyd, Earth, Water, Ice and Fire, page 60:

     He claimed that the seeming 'precursorial' colonies of fossils were the result of younger rocks having been faulted into older strata ( Notebook IV, 3 July 1879), as shown in Figure 5.1.