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preauthorization en · ADJ

Etymology

From pre- + authorization.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Prior to authorization.
   • Preauthorization research, development, nonclinical and clinical investigation describe at the time of approval a “model” of the medicinal product. 2016, H. Guenter Hennings, “Postmarketing Evaluation”, in Anthony C. Cartwright, Brian R. Matthews, editors, International Pharmaceutical Product Registration (Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences; 200), 2nd edition, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 589:
   • Coordinate term: postauthorization

preauthorization en · NOUN

Etymology

From pre- + authorization.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Authorization given in advance.
   • “Every time a patient calls me telling me a prescription can’t be filled, or I have to call insurance for preauthorization, that’s my time or my staff’s time, and that’s money and time diverted to taking care of other people,” he said. 2019 April 5, Britta Lokting, “Can Technology Stop the Duane Reade-ization of New York?”, in The New York Times:

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