premedical
adjective
pre·med·i·cal (ˌ)prē-ˈme-di-kəl 
: preceding and preparing for the professional study of medicine
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Fauci enrolled in 1958 and was pleased to find that the university took a broad view of premedical studies. 
Benjamin Wallace-well, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021 Bachman's overall grade point average at Miami was 3.31 as a pre-med microbiology major with a minor in premedical studies. Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 12 July 2021 There, Hart entered the premedical department, joined numerous organizations and founded the school’s first ever women’s debate club. Leo Deluca, Scientific American, 10 June 2021 Poor as the family was, Marie and her sister, Bronisława, made a deal: Marie would fund her sister’s premedical education, and eventually the favor would be returned. Peter Aitken, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2021 Along with predentistry students, premedical and preveterinary students will also join the trip. Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2020 Black physicians are underrepresented in medicine at all levels: from premedical pathway programs to faculty and leadership positions. Diana M. Cejas, STAT, 9 July 2020 Kim plans to pursue premedical and biology studies at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pa. cleveland, 3 May 2020 Our students take biology with premedical students and computer science with classmates who will work in Silicon Valley, and each completes a two- or three-quarter-long research project during his or her time at Stanford. Amit Kaushal, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2020 See More
Benjamin Wallace-well, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021 Bachman's overall grade point average at Miami was 3.31 as a pre-med microbiology major with a minor in premedical studies. Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 12 July 2021 There, Hart entered the premedical department, joined numerous organizations and founded the school’s first ever women’s debate club. Leo Deluca, Scientific American, 10 June 2021 Poor as the family was, Marie and her sister, Bronisława, made a deal: Marie would fund her sister’s premedical education, and eventually the favor would be returned. Peter Aitken, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2021 Along with predentistry students, premedical and preveterinary students will also join the trip. Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2020 Black physicians are underrepresented in medicine at all levels: from premedical pathway programs to faculty and leadership positions. Diana M. Cejas, STAT, 9 July 2020 Kim plans to pursue premedical and biology studies at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pa. cleveland, 3 May 2020 Our students take biology with premedical students and computer science with classmates who will work in Silicon Valley, and each completes a two- or three-quarter-long research project during his or her time at Stanford. Amit Kaushal, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1879, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
premedical
adjective
pre·med·i·cal ˌprē-ˈmed-i-kəl
: preceding and preparing for the professional study of medicine
a premedical course at a university
a premedical student