preinjury

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In the state someone had before an injury

adjective
/priːˈɪndʒəri/

: prelesión

Doctors compared his current mobility to his preinjury abilities to assess recovery.

Examples

The team reviewed her preinjury statistics to set realistic rehabilitation goals.
He hoped to regain his preinjury strength after months of physical therapy.
He was preinjury!
Her preinjury health was better than expected.
Doctors compared his current mobility to his preinjury abilities to assess recovery.
The team reviewed her preinjury statistics to set realistic rehabilitation goals.
He hoped to regain his preinjury strength after months of physical therapy.

Surface Forms

preinjury positive

Morphology

preinjury = injury (transparent) = pre + injury

The meaning is directly predictable as referring to a state or condition before an injury.

Etymology

Preinjury is made from pre- meaning 'before' and injury meaning 'hurt' or 'wound', the same pre- you see in preview or preheat to show 'before'. So, preinjury describes how someone or something was before the injury happened.