PREFATORY
\pɹɪfˈatəɹˌi], \pɹɪfˈatəɹˌi], \p_ɹ_ɪ_f_ˈa_t_ə_ɹ_ˌi]\
Definitions of PREFATORY
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- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an introduction; introductory.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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Pert. to a preface; introductory.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Idiopathic Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemias
- series of gastrointestinal disorders which share in common excessive loss protein, mainly albumin, across gut wall. occur stomach (Menetrier disease), as well the small bowel (intestinal lymphangiectases, assorted inflammatory states). They are also occasionally associated with congestive heart failure (again a bowel protein loss).