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pro·drome

(prō′drōm′)

An early symptom indicating the onset of an attack or a disease.

[French, from Latin prodromus, precursor, from Greek prodromos, precursor : pro-, forward; see pro-² + dromos, running.]

pro·dro′mal (-drō′məl), pro·drom′ic (-drŏm′ĭk) adj.

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prodrome

(ˈprəʊdrəʊm) or

prodroma

n, pl -dromes or -dromata (-ˈdrɒmətə)

(Medicine) med any symptom that signals the impending onset of a disease

[C19: via French from New Latin prodromus, from Greek prodromos forerunner, from pro-² + dramein to run]

proˈdromal, prodromic adj

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pro•drome

(ˈproʊ droʊm)

n.

a premonitory symptom.

[1635–45; < French < New Latin prodromus, n. use of Greek pródromos running before. See pro-², -dromous]

prod•ro•mal (ˈprɒd rə məl, prəˈdroʊ-) adj.

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Noun

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

prodroma

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

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prodrome

前駆症状徴候

prodrome

[ˈprəʊˌdrəʊm] n (Med) → prodromo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

pro·drome

n. pródromo, señal o síntoma preliminar.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

prodrome

n pródromo, malestar m que precede a una enfermedad

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"In some cases, the psychiatric prodrome can appear 25 or more years earlier than the onset of motor symptoms," said Andreea Seritan, MD, a geriatric psychiatrist at the University of California, San Francisco.

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The clinical features were not different from the Coxsackie serology negative patients that presented with breathlessness (76.00%); chest pain (76.00%), fever (60.00%), viral prodrome (32.00%) cough (32.00%); and vomiting (28.00%).

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Subjective cognitive impairment (SCI)is a prodrome to mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which is a prodrome to Alzheimer's disease (AD), although not all patients with MCI convert to AD, Dr.