counterscreen

English

Alternative forms

• counter-screen

Etymology

counter- +‎ screen

Noun

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

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

1. To separate components using such a device