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Definition of Presymptomatic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared.
Definition of Presymptomatic
1. Adjective. (medicine) relating to the early stages of a disease, before all symptoms have developed and therefore accurate diagnosis is not possible ¹
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Definition of Presymptomatic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presymptomatic
Literary usage of Presymptomatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarantine Stations at Ports of Entry: Protecting the Public's Health by Laura Sivitz, Kathleen R. Stratton, Georges Benjamin (2006)
"Usually, clinical tests are required to detect infections during the presymptomatic
period of disease. Yet there are known diseases for which modern ..."
2. Genetic Tests and Health Insurance: Results of a Survey (1993)
"When presymptomatic testing reveals the likelihood of a serious, chronic future
disease (eg, Huntington disease) 17 of 29 commercial insurers would decline ..."
3. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"have shown that mercury eradicates the disease in the presymptomatic, in the
active, and in the latent stages. Organic arsenic is similarly successful, ..."
4. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"have shown that mercury eradicates the disease in the presymptomatic, in the
active, and in the latent stages. Organic arsenic is similarly successful, ..."
5. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"have shown that mercury eradicates the disease in the presymptomatic, in the
active, and in the latent stages. Organic arsenic is similarly successful, ..."
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