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prefrailty

prefrailty noun: presence of the early signs that may lead to frailty.

Noun

prefrailty (uncountable)

  1. Presence of the early signs that may lead to frailty.
    • In the article “A Community-Based, Technology-Supported Health Service for Detecting and Preventing Frailty among Older Adults: A Participatory Design Development Process,” the authors discuss the development of a community-based, technology-supported health service for detecting prefrailty and...2015 August 6, Maddalena Illario et al., “Active and Healthy Ageing and Independent Living”, in Journal of Aging Research, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin of prefrailty

From pre- + frailty.

Questions about prefrailty

What does prefrailty mean?
Prefrailty means presence of the early signs that may lead to frailty.
What part of speech is prefrailty?
Prefrailty is a noun.

Words near prefrailty in the dictionary

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

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