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premorbidity

premorbidity noun: the quality of being premorbid.

Noun

premorbidity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being premorbid.
    • Some researchers have proposed that early social dysfunction in 22q11DS is associated with premorbidity to schizophrenia, and that these social impairments may result in a misdiagnosis of an ASD.2015 July 23, “Transcriptome Profiling of Peripheral Blood in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Reveals Functional Pathways Related to Psychosis and Autism Spectrum Disorder”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of premorbidity

From pre- + morbidity.

Questions about premorbidity

What does premorbidity mean?
Premorbidity means the quality of being premorbid.
What part of speech is premorbidity?
Premorbidity is a noun.

Words near premorbidity in the dictionary

  1. premonumental
  2. premoral
  3. premorality
  4. premorally
  5. premorbid
  6. premorbidity
  7. premorbidly
  8. premorning
  9. premorse
  10. premortal
  11. premortem

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