prepainful

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ painful

Adjective

prepainful (not comparable)

1. Before the onset of pain.
   • 2016, Michael E. Schatman, Ethical Issues in Chronic Pain Management, page 3:

     The lived body is now understood in terms of what cannot be done (disability), difference from the prepainful life (dissonance), emotional suffering (despondence), and vulnerability (dependence).