praeoccŭpātĭo, ōnis, f. [praeoccupo].
I A seizing beforehand , preoccupation : locorum praeoccupatio, Nep. Eum. 3, 6.—
II Rhet. fig., an anticipation of what properly comes afterwards , prolepsis , Beda, Schem. et Tropis init. —
III A disease that violently distends the abdomen : quae passio Graece emphragma, Latine praeoccupatio dicitur, Veg. Vet. 1, 40.