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prepainful

prepainful adjective: before the onset of pain.

Adjective

prepainful (not comparable)

  1. Before the onset of pain.
    • The lived body is now understood in terms of what cannot be done (disability), difference from the prepainful life (dissonance), emotional suffering (despondence), and vulnerability (dependence).2016, Michael E. Schatman, Ethical Issues in Chronic Pain Management, page 3

Origin of prepainful

From pre- + painful.

Questions about prepainful

What does prepainful mean?
Prepainful means before the onset of pain.
What part of speech is prepainful?
Prepainful is an adjective.

Words near prepainful in the dictionary

  1. prepageant
  2. prepaging
  3. prepaid
  4. prepaids
  5. prepain
  6. prepainful
  7. prepaint
  8. prepainted
  9. prepainting
  10. prepaints
  11. prepalatal

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