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prephthisical

prephthisical adjective: before the onset of phthisis.

Adjective

prephthisical (not comparable)

  1. Before the onset of phthisis.

Origin of prephthisical

From pre- + phthisical.

Questions about prephthisical

What does prephthisical mean?
Prephthisical means before the onset of phthisis.
What part of speech is prephthisical?
Prephthisical is an adjective.

Words near prephthisical in the dictionary

  1. prephosphorylates
  2. prephosphorylating
  3. prephosphorylation
  4. prephosphorylations
  5. prephotographic
  6. prephthisical
  7. prephylogenetic
  8. prepicked
  9. prepidgin
  10. prepidgins
  11. prepilin

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