PREEXISTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preexisting mean? 

• PREEXISTING (adjective)
  The adjective PREEXISTING has 1 sense:

1. existing previously or before something

  Familiarity information: PREEXISTING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREEXISTING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Existing previously or before something

Synonyms:

pre-existent; pre-existing; preexistent; preexisting

Context example:

variations on pre-existent musical themes

Similar:

antecedent (preceding in time or order)

 Context examples 

The study tested three factors – air pollution levels in homes, blood vitamin D levels, and asthma symptoms in 120 school-aged children with preexisting asthma.

(Vitamin D may protect against pollution-associated asthma symptoms in obese children, National Institutes of Health)

Most chondrosarcomas arise de novo, but some may develop in a preexisting benign cartilaginous lesion.

(Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Hypertension occurring without preexisting renal disease or known organic cause.

(Essential Hypertension, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

In human, HGPIN occurs in previously normal prostate, so epithelial proliferation occurs within preexisting basement membrane bound glands and ducts.

(High Grade Mouse Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Studies of the links between biology and behavior aimed at identifying preexisting vulnerabilities to tobacco use and addiction.

(Biobehavioral Determinants of Tobacco Use and Addiction, NCI Thesaurus)

Group III: Patients with preexisting chronic pain and cancer pain.

(Cancer Pain Group, NCI Thesaurus)

The size is usually less than 4 mm in diameter and retains preexisting alveolar structure.

(Adenoma of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Relevant elements of medical history, including preexisting medical conditions, events and facts (e.g., allergies, race, pregnancy, smoking and alcohol use, hepatic/renal dysfunction, etc.) not listed in MedWatch form.

(Other Personal Medical History, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of the sudden onset of transient AV block, which is often associated with preexisting conduction disorders.

(Paroxysmal Atrioventricular Block by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Phosphoprotein NFATP, the 'preexisting component' of NFAT present in the unstimulated T-cell cytosol, locates in the nucleus as part of NFAT after activation.

(NF-AT, NCI Thesaurus)