Meanings
nounpremorbidity (uncountable)
- uncountableThe quality of being premorbid.
Some researchers have proposed that early social dysfunction in 22q11DS is associated with premorbidity to schizophrenia, and that these social impairments may result in a misdiagnosis of an ASD.
2015 July 23, “Transcriptome Profiling of Peripheral Blood in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Reveals Functional Pathways Related to Psychosis and Autism Spectrum Disorder”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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“premorbidity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premorbidity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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