PRODROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prodrome mean? 

• PRODROME (noun)
  The noun PRODROME has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PRODROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRODROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

prodroma; prodrome

Hypernyms ("prodrome" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Derivation:

prodromal; prodromic (symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease)