prepainful

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English

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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ painful.

Adjective

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prepainful (not comparable)

  1. Before the onset of pain.
    • 2016, Michael E. Schatman, Ethical Issues in Chronic Pain Management, page 3:
      The lived body is now understood in terms of what cannot be done (disability), difference from the prepainful life (dissonance), emotional suffering (despondence), and vulnerability (dependence).