prelingual

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ lingual

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

prelingual (comparative more prelingual, superlative most prelingual)

  1. Before learning language.
    • 2001, Priscilla Ebersole, Patricia A. Hess, Geriatric nursing and healthy aging:
      The prelingual deaf often learn audible speech very well.
  2. (anatomy) anterior to the tongue

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