pre·gen·i·tal
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variants:
or less commonly pre-genital
Definition of pregenital
1
: of, relating to, or being any of the stages of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory which occur before the genital stage
pregenital impulses pregenital fixations
2
of a segmented invertebrate
: of, relating to, or situated in the abdominal region anterior to the segment containing the sexual organs
the pregenital segments of a grasshopper a crustacean's pregenital limbs
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“Pregenital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pregenital. Accessed 15 Oct. 2021.
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pregenital
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pre·gen·i·tal
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Medical Definition of pregenital
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the oral, anal, and phallic phases of psychosexual development
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The first known use of pregenital was in 1869
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