previsit

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adjective

Prior to a visit.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveprevisit (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePrior to a visit.

    The previsit process is vital to ensuring accurate and timely receipt of information regarding the patient's ability to pay, yet many medical practices ignore this process.

    2004, Deborah L. Walker, Sara M. Larch, Elizabeth W. Woodcock, The Physician Billing Process, →ISBN
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    The importance and nature of the patient's previsit fantasies about the kind of relationship which will develop depends upon the social background and the personality of the patient.

    1960, Richard H. Blum, The management of the doctor-patient relationship, page 152

    Preaudit preparation will include obtaining previsit information from facilities targeted for auditing, preparing the audit plan, developing the audit protocol, and establishing a schedule.

    2010, Michael D. LaGrega, Phillip L. Buckingham, Jeffrey C. Evans, Hazardous Waste Management, →ISBN, page 341
nounprevisit (plural previsits)

plural previsits

  1. A prior visit.

    Rosengarten brought children to the dentist for a previsit.

    1975, Brenda Van Zoost, Psychological Readings for the Dental Profession, page 42
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    No later than one (1) month prior to the scheduled on-site evaluation visit, the EPSB shall conduct a previsit to the institution to make a final review of the arrangements.

    2000, Administrative Register of Kentucky

    Maybe my awkward encounter in 1967 was really a previsit from Alessandra?

    2008, David Amadeus Panckeri, Love Is Lust First: An Autobiography of Passion, →ISBN, page 49
verbprevisit (third-person singular simple present previsits, present participle previsiting, simple past and past participle previsited)

present singular third person previsits · participle present previsiting · participle past previsited · past previsited

  1. To visit beforehand.

    In order to develop a file that will be especially helpful to you during student teaching, try to previsit your cooperating teacher and find out what specific areas you will be teaching with him.

    1959, Vincent McGuire, Your student teaching in the secondary school, page 127
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    Virilio, and indeed McLuhan before him, have commented on the tendency to previsit locations, through one medium or another; to actually arrive somewhere is no longer surprising in the way that it was; and indeed Virilio suggests it is bcoming replaced by prevision.

    2002, Barry Brown, Nicola Green, Richard Harper, Wireless world: social and interactional aspects of the mobile age, →ISBN

    Planning a museum tour requires the art teacher to previsit the museum and become familiar with the buildings and collections, select a particular exhibit that relates to a theme the teacher wants to teach, and prepare students for a visit.

    2007, Visual Arts Research - Volumes 64-65, page 94

Origin

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APA

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