pretransition temperature

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Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:

pretransition temperature

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the specific temperature at which a lipid bilayer being heated shows the first signs of melting (def. 2), before it reaches its transition temperature. Special techniques (e.g. employing spin-labelled or fluorescent probes) are required for its detection and study.

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