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Prodrome

Definition: Prodrome

Prodrome

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Prodrome \Pro"drome\, noun. [Greek expression running before; before to run: compare to the French expression prodrome.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonym: Prodrome

Synonym: prodroma (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Prodrome

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In medicine, a prodrome is an early symptom indicating the development of a disease, or indicating that a disease attack is imminent.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Prodrome."

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Synonyms within Context: Prodrome

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Precursor

Noun: precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor; forerunner, vancourier, avant-coureur, pioneer, prodrome, prodromos, prodromus, outrider; leader, bellwether; herald, harbinger; foreboding; dawn; avant-courier, avant-garde, bellmare, forelooper, foreloper, stalking-horse, voorlooper, voortrekker.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Prodrome

English words defined with "prodrome": Prodromus. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Prodrome

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The prodrome phase signals that an episode of nausea and vomiting is about to begin. (references)

Sometimes taking medicine early in the prodrome phase can stop an episode in progress. (references)

The typical prodrome consists of fever, chills, myalgia, headache, and gastrointestinal symptoms. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Prodrome

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

prodrome

10

herpes prodrome

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Prodrome

Language Translations for "prodrome"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

увод (exordium, introduction, lead up, preamble, preliminary, prelude, prelusion, proem, prolegomena, prolusion), въведение (introduction, prelude), продром, предшествуващ симптом. (various references)

   

Danish

  

prodrom. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

prodromen, prodomi, voorbode (herald, indication, omen, portent, precursor, presage, sign). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

prodromi, prodromaalioire, esioire, ennakko-oire. (various references)

   

French

  

prodrome. (various references)

   

German

  

Prodromalzeichen, Prodromalerscheinung, Prodrom. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πρόδρομο σύμπτωμα. (various references)

   

Italian

  

prodromo. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

odromepray

   

Portuguese

  

pródromo. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pródromo. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

вступна частина, вступ (accedence, accession, admission, entry, exordium, foreword, induction, introduction, opening, overture, prelude, prelusion), продром. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Prodrome

Derivations

Words beginning with "prodrome": prodromes. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Prodrome

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-m-o-o-p-r-r"

-2 letters: dormer, dorper, moored, poorer, romped, romper, roomed, roomer.

-3 letters: doper, droop, mooed, moped, moper, morro, order, ormer, pedro, pored, proem, promo, repro, rodeo, romeo, roped, roper.

-4 letters: demo, derm, doer, dome, doom, door, dope, dore, dorm, dorp, dorr, drop, mode, mood, moor, mope, more, odor, omer, oped, ordo, perm, poem, pome, pood, poor.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-m-o-o-p-r-r"
 

+1 letter: prodromes, protoderm.

 

+2 letters: compradore, protoderms.

 

+3 letters: compradores.

 

+4 letters: outperformed, overpromised, overpromoted.

 

+5 letters: moderatorship, overprogramed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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