Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

premorbidity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-mor-bid-i-ty
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being premorbid.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does premorbidity mean?: The quality of being premorbid.
Where does premorbidity come from?: From pre- + morbidity.

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