What is "preterminal"

Usage examples of "preterminal".

Living rather than dead specimens were required for study, if possible displaying the symptomology from onset to the preterminal stage of the condition, and Rhabwar, the hospital's special ambulance ship, was dispatched to obtain them.

In the preterminal stage there is a livid rash and skin eruptions covering most of the body, accompanied by progressive and massive debilitation and lassitude which is sometimes overcome, temporarily, by strong emotional stimuli such as fear and danger.

You say that you find solace neither in the company of friends nor in preterminal contemplation of your past life.

I hoped that putting the two of you together, the patient suffering from preterminal emotional distress and refusing all contact with friends and colleagues, and a Tar-Ian whose problems made Mannen's look minor indeed, would cause him to open up to the stage where I might be able to help him.