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Preoblongata
- - The anterior part of the medulla oblongata.
Preoccupancy
- noun - the act of taking occupancy before someone else does
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
Preoccupying
- verb - engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else"
- occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the hills"
Preoperative
- adjective - happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation
Preopercular
- - Situated in front of the operculum; pertaining to the preoperculum. -- n. The preoperculum.
Preoperculum
- - The anterior opercular bone in fishes.
Preordaining
- verb - foreordain or determine beforehand
Preordinance
- - Antecedent decree or determination.
Preparations
- noun - (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord; "the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance"
- a substance prepared according to a formula; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
- activity leading to skilled behavior
- preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
- the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
- the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; "preparations for the ceremony had begun"
- the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties"
- the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (
Preparedness
- noun - the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them in readiness"; "their preparation was more than adequate"