Premorbidity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being premorbid. uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From pre- + morbidity.

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