Definition of Prodromal

1. Adjective. Symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease.

Exact synonyms: Prodromic
Partainyms: Prodrome, Prodrome
Derivative terms: Prodrome, Prodrome

Definition of Prodromal

1. a. Of or pertaining to prodromes; as, the prodromal stage of a disease.

Definition of Prodromal

1. Adjective. Relating to prodrome; indicating an early stage of a disease. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prodromal

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prodromal

prodigiously
prodigiousness
prodigy
prodine
prodition
proditions
proditor
proditorious
proditoriously
proditors
proditory
prodnose
prodnosed
prodnoses
prodroma
prodromal (current term)
prodromata
prodrome
prodromes
prodromi
prodromic
prodromoi
prodromos
prodromous
prodromus
prodrop
prodrug
prodrugs
prods
produc't

Literary usage of Prodromal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Diseases of children by James Frederic Goodhart, George Frederic Still (1905)
"Membranous Laryngitis is another outcome of measles, and must be distinguished from the acute laryngitis which occurs in the prodromal or eruptive stage, ..."

2. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1897)
"34) calls attention to the importance of the prodromal and secondary rashes in various ... The prodromal rashes are most frequent in measles and rubella, ..."

3. Diseases of the Nervous System by Archibald Church, Julius Lincoln Salinger (1910)
"THE prodromal STAGE The signs which signalize ... Sometimes even in the prodromal stage of myelitis pain or symptoms of retention appear on the part of the ..."

4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1899)
"A Second Attack of Measles in a Very Young Subject. Measles Marked by the Absence of prodromal Catarrhal Symptoms and Complicated by Appendicitis. ..."

5. Pediatrics: The Hygienic and Medical Treatment of Children by Thomas Morgan Rotch (1895)
"He was exposed to measles on the 2d of the month, and ; had his first prodromal symptoms on the 12th. These prodromal symptoms continued on tin- 12th, ..."

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