preadmission

P3R1E1A1D2M3I1S1S1I1O1N1

adjective

Before admission (to a hospital, university, etc.).

UncommonScrabble 17
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivepreadmission (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore admission (to a hospital, university, etc.).

    In September, the Board of Regents said that commercial schools could no longer use the preadmission test that Interboro was using to determine whether students without high school diplomas had the ability to benefit from higher education, and thus be eligible for financial aid.

    2007 December 18, “Troubled Manhattan Commercial College to Close”, in New York Times
nounpreadmission (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA preadmission process; a process that precedes admission.
    1. broadlyuncountablehealth careA preliminary process that precedes hospital admission for some interventional or surgical procedures.
  2. uncountableAdmission, as of steam, to an engine cylinder before the backstroke is completed, thus increasing the cushioning.

Origin

From pre- + admission.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

preadmission. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preadmission

MLA

“preadmission.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preadmission. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preadmission,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preadmission.

Source: preadmission on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.