Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to the early stages of a disease, before all symptoms have developed and when therefore accurate diagnosis is not possible.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishsymptomatic
- Englishpresymptomatic
From pre- + symptomatic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech presymptomatický
- presymptomatickýrelating to disease stage before symptoms get developed
Dutch presymptomatisch
- presymptomatischrelating to disease stage before symptoms get developed
French présymptomatique
- présymptomatiquerelating to disease stage before symptoms get developed
German präsymptomatisch
- präsymptomatischrelating to disease stage before symptoms get developed
Russian предсимпто́мный
- предсимпто́мный (predsimptómnyj)relating to disease stage before symptoms get developed
Cite this entry
presymptomatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presymptomatic
“presymptomatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presymptomatic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “presymptomatic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presymptomatic.
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