Predischarge

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of predischarging, or that which is predischarged.

    "The experiments undertaken in order to determine which of the predischarges, the positive or the negative, is the more important for long sparks."

Verb
  1. 1
    To discharge beforehand.

    "Filling gas is predischarged by a mini-size coaxial plasma gun, inserted in a side port."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Before a discharge (especially, discharge from a hospital, military service, or other institution). not-comparable

    "In general, patients who cannot perform a predischarge exercise test have a worse prognosis than those than can do the test."

Example

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"In general, patients who cannot perform a predischarge exercise test have a worse prognosis than those than can do the test."

Etymology

From pre- + discharge.

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