Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prehospital

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: pre-hos-pi-tal
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before a patient is brought to a hospital.

Example Sentences

"Now a new study confirms that confusion about interpreting living wills prevails in prehospital settings, as well."

Etymology

From pre- + hospital.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Derived Forms

prehospitally

Questions

What does prehospital mean?: Before a patient is brought to a hospital.
Where does prehospital come from?: From pre- + hospital.

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