Dictionary
pre•con•scious
Pronunciation: (prē-kon'shus), [key]—
adj.
1. Psychoanal.absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.
2. occurring prior to the development of consciousness.
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n.
the preconscious portion of the mind; foreconscious.
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