PRESYMPTOMATIC

preclinical, presymptomatic

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

presymptomatic (not comparable)

(medicine) relating to the early stages of a disease, before all symptoms have developed and therefore accurate diagnosis is not possible

Synonyms

• prepatent

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21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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