Meanings
- not comparablemedicineRelating to prodrome; indicating an early stage of a disease.
On the basis of a predisposed constitution, there was a prolonged prodromal stage during which the patient was seemingly depressed and hypochondriacal.
1946, A. A. Brill, Lectures on Psychoanalytic Psychiatry, Alfred Knopf, page 1291 more example
Dr. Melanie met with Annabelle and delivered her diagnosis: Benny was in the prodromal phase of schizoaffective disorder, and she was recommending that they stop the Ritalin and start him on an antidepressant for the mood disorder and an antipsychotic to treat the auditory hallucinations.
2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 102
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesymptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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