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adj
Before admission (to a hospital, university, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A preadmission process; a process that precedes admission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A preadmission process; a process that precedes admission.
A preliminary process that precedes hospital admission for some interventional or surgical procedures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, uncountable
Qualifier: health care
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noun
Admission, as of steam, to an engine cylinder before the backstroke is completed, thus increasing the cushioning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
From pre- + admission.
