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- adjective medicine, psychiatry Approaching a
morbid condition, especially ofmental functioning shortly prior to the onset ofschizophrenia , etc.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The benefit of this study is that “by being able to predict more accurately which carriers may express the disease before they experience symptoms (the "premorbid" state), researchers could test medicines that might prevent symptoms from emerging.”
Lou Gehrig's Plaza 2008
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The benefit of this study is that “by being able to predict more accurately which carriers may express the disease before they experience symptoms the "premorbid" state, researchers could test medicines that might prevent symptoms from emerging.”
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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“It cannot be denied that his… premorbid personality resulted in increasing the amount of his own work.”
Crazy Like Us Ethan Watters 2010
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However, we at least do know something about her premorbid belief system, and it might be appropriate to use that as a guideline for whether people who now are speaking on her behalf are respecting how she lived her life previously.
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The very fact that she wanted me to assess the premorbid psychology of the two girls argued against her having much faith in the serial-killer theory.
Cold Case White, Stephen, 1951- 2000
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The very fact that she wanted me to assess the premorbid psychology of the two girls argued against her having much faith in the serial-killer theory.
Cold Case White, Stephen, 1951- 2000
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First, it is clear to all of us on the committee that screens new cases that too little is known about the premorbid history of these two girls.
Cold Case White, Stephen, 1951- 2000
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First, it is clear to all of us on the committee that screens new cases that too little is known about the premorbid history of these two girls.
Cold Case White, Stephen, 1951- 2000
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The very fact that she wanted me to assess the premorbid psychology of the two girls argued against her having much faith in the serial-killer theory.
Cold Case White, Stephen, 1951- 2000
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First, it is clear to all of us on the committee that screens new cases that too little is known about the premorbid history of these two girls.
Cold Case White, Stephen, 1951- 2000
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