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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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
He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard in 1961 with a major in economics but with a heavy concentration in premedical courses.
From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 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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