preejection

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English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ ejection.

Adjective

preejection (not comparable)

  1. Occurring prior to ejection.
    • 1975, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Missing Persons in Southeast Asia, Americans Missing in Southeast Asia:
      The severity of damage to the aircraft in combat was responsible for more preejection injuries, unconsciousness, and allowed less time to prepare for ejection.
    • 1995, Robert M. Bradley, Essentials of oral physiology, page 231:
      Events in vomiting are usually divided into preejection, ejection, and postejection phases (Fig. 11-1 3). The preejection phase is characterized by licking, salivation, pallor, and changes in visceral function such as tachycardia and the relaxation of the proximal stomach.
    • 2016, Catherine M. Otto, Practice of Clinical Echocardiography, →ISBN, page 141:
      The preejection shortening and relengthening correspond to septal beaking and flash.

Noun

preejection (plural preejections)

  1. The time period immediately preceding ejection.
    • 1974, Critical Reviews in Bioengineering - Volume 2, page 156:
      We have therefore used the R-S2 interval assuming that any prolongation that may occur is most likely a result of lengthening of R-S1 (including preejection) rather than S1-S2 .
    • 2008, T. Jeff Chandler, Lee E. Brown, Conditioning for Strength and Human Performance, →ISBN, page 22:
      During systole, two main phases occur: preejection and ejection.
    • 2012, Catherine M. Otto, The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography, →ISBN, page 191:
      This is seen as abnormal rapid leftward motion of the septum during preejection followed by rightward (paradoxical) motion.

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