Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prehospitally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-hos-pi-tal-ly
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Before a patient's admission to hospital.

Example Sentences

"Traditionally, early endotracheal intubation–as the gold standard of airway management–has been advocated for TBI patients with a GCS score ≤ 8, but this dogma is currently being challenged by publications that suggest higher mortality in patients who are prehospitally intubated."

Etymology

From prehospital + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: prehospital

Questions

What does prehospitally mean?: Before a patient's admission to hospital.
Where does prehospitally come from?: From prehospital + -ly.

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