prodrome

See also: prodròme

English

Etymology

Probably by analogy with syndrome (pro- ‎ -drome), but consistent with Ancient Greek προδρομή (prodromḗ, “running forward, sally, skirmish”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊˌdɹoʊm/

Noun

prodrome (plural prodromes)

1. (rare) A precursor or harbinger; also a warning event.
   • 1643, Lawrence Womack, Sober Sadness, page 45; quoted in The American encyclopædic dictionary, Volume 7, page 3252, published 1897

     These may prove the Prodromes […] to the ruin of our Monarchy.

2. An introductory or preliminary book or treatise.

   Synonym: prodromus (archaic)

3. (medicine) An early sign or symptom (or set of signs and symptoms) warning of the onset of a disease.

Related terms

• prodromal
• prodromous
• prodromus

Translations

introductory book or treatise

• Bulgarian: уводна статия f (uvodna statija)

medicine: early sign or symptom

• Bulgarian: предшестващ симптом m (predšestvašt simptom)
• Dutch: prodroom
• Finnish: esioire
• French: prodrome (fr) m
• German: Prodrom (de) n
• Hungarian: prodróma
• Ido: prodromo (io)
• Italian: prodromo (it) m
• Japanese: 前駆症状 (zenku-shōjō), 徴候 (ja) (chōkō)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: prodrom

• Occitan: prodròme (oc) m
• Portuguese: pródromo m
• Spanish: pródromo m

Adjective

prodrome (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Prodromous.

See also

• prodrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

prodrome m (plural prodromes)

1. prodrome

Further reading

• “prodrome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.