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

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

18 January 2025

SHTIK

(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”


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Coffee Trivia

Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.

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