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PRESYMPTOMATIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does presymptomatic mean?
• PRESYMPTOMATIC (adjective)
The adjective PRESYMPTOMATIC has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared
Familiarity information: PRESYMPTOMATIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
preclinical; presymptomatic
Pertainym:
medical diagnosis (identification of a disease from its symptoms)
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