PRODROMAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prodromal mean? 

• PRODROMAL (adjective)
  The adjective PRODROMAL has 1 sense:

1. symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease

  Familiarity information: PRODROMAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRODROMAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

prodromal; prodromic

Pertainym:

prodrome (an early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur)

Derivation:

prodrome (an early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur)

 Context examples 

A condition of the newborn marked by dyspnea with cyanosis, heralded by such prodromal signs as dilatation of the alae nasi, expiratory grunt, and retraction of the suprasternal notch or costal margins, mostly frequently occurring in premature infants, children of diabetic mothers, and infants delivered by cesarean section, and sometimes with no apparent predisposing cause.

(Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)