reprobe

See also: reprobé

English

Etymology

re- +‎ probe

Verb

reprobe (third-person singular simple present reprobes, present participle reprobing, simple past and past participle reprobed)

1. To probe again.
2. (molecular biology) To reapply a chemical probe, usually after a previous probe has been stripped.
   • 2001, Alan S. Gerstein, Molecular Biology Problem Solver‎^[1], →ISBN, page 433:

     Nylon membranes are more easily stripped and reprobed.

Related terms

• deprobe

Italian

Adjective

reprobe

1. feminine plural of reprobo

Latin

Adjective

reprobe

1. vocative masculine singular of reprobus

References

• reprobe in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)