premedical
Americanadjective
adjective
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of or relating to a course of study prerequisite for entering medical school
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of or relating to a person engaged in such a course of study
a premedical student
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Origin of premedical
Example Sentences
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In 1969 she graduated from the University of California with a premedical curriculum major in philosophy and minor in mathematics.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2023
Tuli, a premedical student, is torn by the strike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
In 2012, I started a premedical program in Manassas, Virginia, less than an hour from my hometown of Washington, D.C.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2020
Dr. Corfman served in the Navy in the Pacific at the end of World War II, then completed his bachelor’s degree in premedical studies at Ohio’s Oberlin College in 1950.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2019
To meet the science requirements, she took a premedical post-baccalaureate program at New York University, where she was a B student, and then at the University of Colorado, Denver, where she got straight A’s.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2014
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