Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Premedical.
- noun A premedical student.
- noun A premedical program of study.
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- noun A
premedication . - noun An alternative spelling of pre-med, the sum of activities that prepare an
undergraduate student formedical school .
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Examples
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Which is another reason why I, personally, would NEVER instruct an Asian student to identify as a premed or a science major if the school doesn’t require admission into an individual college.
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And it's funny you mention medical school, a lot of students faced pressure from their parents to become a doctor or to be a premed.
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The premed chemistry major also extols the benefits of eating a high-fiber breakfast, like whole grain cereal, especially in the pre-dawn meal before fasting to help keep him feeling full.
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She went online to apply for colleges and was accepted on scholarship to Carthage College in Wisconsin, where she started this month in premed.
Anya Kamenetz: E-Mentoring: Someone (Virtually) by Your Side Anya Kamenetz 2010
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I tried to get beyond their Miss America-like, rehearsed responses -- "Harvard is the best environment available for me to pursue my premed studies."
Carleton Kendrick: A Harvard Interviewer's Haunting Memories Carleton Kendrick 2011
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But a lot of them do have a good idea of what they want to do and take courses aimed at that, whether it's premed or whatever.
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When I start my premed classes in less than a month, we'll be back to exhaustion and shift parenting ... but it will be different than the kind of exhaustion that comes from having a baby.
Worn kittenpie 2009
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I tried to get beyond their Miss America-like, rehearsed responses -- "Harvard is the best environment available for me to pursue my premed studies."
Carleton Kendrick: A Harvard Interviewer's Haunting Memories Carleton Kendrick 2011
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The one every guy on earth fears, says Ezekiel Setne , 20, a University of Southern Indiana premed student who says he's had close calls with condoms.
'Honey, It's Your Turn...' Melinda Beck 2011
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I tried to get beyond their Miss America-like, rehearsed responses -- "Harvard is the best environment available for me to pursue my premed studies."
Carleton Kendrick: A Harvard Interviewer's Haunting Memories Carleton Kendrick 2011
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