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Etymology

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counter- +‎ screen

Noun

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counterscreen (plural counterscreens)

  1. A screen (or screening), carried out in parallel to a primary screen, in which compounds that could interfere with the primary screen may be identified
    • 2015 November 25, “High-Throughput Screening of Myometrial Calcium-Mobilization to Identify Modulators of Uterine Contractility”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      During large-scale HTS campaigns, it is necessary to utilize counterscreen assays in order to remove false-positives and prioritize hit-compounds.

Verb

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counterscreen (third-person singular simple present counterscreens, present participle counterscreening, simple past and past participle counterscreened)

  1. To separate components using such a device