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prehospital

prehospital adjective: before a patient is brought to a hospital.

Adjective

prehospital (not comparable)

  1. Before a patient is brought to a hospital.
    • Now a new study confirms that confusion about interpreting living wills prevails in prehospital settings, as well.2009 February 24, Jane E. Brody, “Putting Muscle Behind End-of-Life Wishes”, in New York Times

Origin of prehospital

From pre- + hospital.

Words formed from prehospital

Questions about prehospital

What does prehospital mean?
Prehospital means before a patient is brought to a hospital.
What part of speech is prehospital?
Prehospital is an adjective.

Words near prehospital in the dictionary

  1. prehook
  2. prehooks
  3. prehormone
  4. prehormones
  5. prehorse
  6. prehospital
  7. prehospitalization
  8. prehospitally
  9. prehostility
  10. prehuman
  11. prehumans

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