Definition of Prodrome

1. Noun. An early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur.

Exact synonyms: Prodroma
Generic synonyms: Symptom
Derivative terms: Prodromal, Prodromic

Definition of Prodrome

1. n. A forerunner; a precursor.

Definition of Prodrome

1. Noun. (medicine) an early symptom warning of the onset of a disease ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prodrome

1. a sign of impending disease [n -DROMES or -DROMATA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prodrome

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

Literary usage of Prodrome

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

1. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"... but when they are weaker, a defensive apparatus is provided in longer, stronger, and stouter spines. Coelenterata. prodrome of the Anthozoan Fauna ..."

2. Reminiscences of a Yorkshire Naturalist by William Crawford Williamson (1896)
"In 1828 Brongniart noticed these curious fossils in his "prodrome d'une Histoire des ... prodrome ..."

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