predeath en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + death.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) prior to death
A cyclic compression force was then applied as conditioning (40 ± 10 N at 0.5 Hz for 15 min) to remove excess fluid from the discs and to return the disc to its predeath height [ 11 ].
2015 July 1, Jung-Hoon Kim et al., “A biomechanical comparison of 360° stabilizations for corpectomy and total spondylectomy: a cadaveric study in the thoracolumbar spine”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI: