pregenital

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adjective

Before birth; prenatal.

First used 19th c.Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivepregenital (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleterareBefore birth; prenatal.First known use 19th c.
  2. not comparablebiologyIn front of the genital region.First known use 19th c.
  3. not comparablehuman sciencesPertaining to those stages of development prior to that of genital sexuality.First known use 20th c.

    For the affliction is always based on a fixation in some pregenital phase of development […].

    1946, A. A. Brill, Lectures on Psychoanalytic Psychiatry, Alfred Knopf, page 231

Origin

From pre- + genital.

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APA

pregenital. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pregenital

MLA

“pregenital.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pregenital. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pregenital,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pregenital.

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