Definition of "pre-existing" []

• Present participle of pre-exist. Alternative spelling of preexisting. (verb)

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• "Some of us have diabetes before becoming pregnant; this is known as pre-existing diabetes."
• "The federal government just made it a lot easier to get insurance through the "high risk pools" sometimes called "pre-existing condition" programs that operate in each state."
• "He outlawed the use of those so-called pre-existing conditions that forced many Americans to go without health insurance or pay exorbitant premiums."