'Prodrome' definitions:
Definition of 'prodrome'
(from WordNet)
noun
An early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur [syn: prodrome, prodroma]
Definition of 'Prodrome'
From: GCIDE
- Prodrome \Pro"drome\, n. [Gr. ? running before; ? before + ? to run: cf. F. prodrome.]
- 1. A forerunner; a precursor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) A premonitory symptom; a symptom or sensation experienced by a person which presages the onset of a disease or abnormal physiological event; as, the prodrome of an epileptic seizure. [PJC]