preadmission

adj

1. (not-comparable)Before admission (to a hospital, university, etc.).

   “In September, the Board of Regents said that commercial schools could no longer use the preadmission test that Interboro was using to determine whether students without high school diplomas had the ability to benefit from higher education, and thus be eligible for financial aid.”

noun

1. (uncountable)A preadmission process; a process that precedes admission.
2. (broadly, uncountable)A preadmission process; a process that precedes admission.
3. (uncountable)Admission, as of steam, to an engine cylinder before the backstroke is completed, thus increasing the cushioning.