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prefrail

prefrail adjective: exhibiting the early signs that may lead to frailty.

Adjective

prefrail (not comparable)

  1. Exhibiting the early signs that may lead to frailty.
    • This time, frail people are sent to a medical professional, robust people receive an invitation for a new screening a year later, and prefrail individuals are offered training services (for training physical or cognitive functioning or to educate people about healthy nutrition for older adults).2015 August 5, Lex van Velsen et al., “A Community-Based, Technology-Supported Health Service for Detecting and Preventing Frailty among Older Adults: A Participatory Design Development Process”, in...

Origin of prefrail

From pre- + frail.

Questions about prefrail

What does prefrail mean?
Prefrail means exhibiting the early signs that may lead to frailty.
What part of speech is prefrail?
Prefrail is an adjective.

Words near prefrail in the dictionary

  1. prefractionated
  2. prefractionating
  3. prefractionation
  4. prefractionations
  5. prefracture
  6. prefrail
  7. prefrailty
  8. prefranked
  9. prefraud
  10. prefreeze
  11. prefreezes

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