preadmission
Meanings
adj
- Before admission (to a hospital, university, etc.).
noun
- A preadmission process; a process that precedes admission.
- A preliminary process that precedes hospital admission for some interventional or surgical procedures.
- Admission, as of steam, to an engine cylinder before the backstroke is completed, thus increasing the cushioning.
Word forms
Etymology
From pre- + admission.
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