Meanings
adjectiveprepathological (not comparable)
- not comparableBefore, or leading to, a pathological state.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
- Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Frenchpathologie
- Englishpathology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishpathological
- Englishprepathological
From pre- + pathological.
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APA
prepathological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepathological
MLA
“prepathological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepathological. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prepathological,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepathological.
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