prodrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A precursor or harbinger; also a warning event.
An introductory or preliminary book or treatise.
An early sign or symptom (or set of signs and symptoms) warning of the onset of a disease.

adj

/ˈpɹoʊˌdɹoʊm/

prodrome prodromes

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

prodromus

prodromal prodromous prodromus

prodromic

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