'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]

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