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forme fruste

forme fruste noun: an incomplete form or partial symptom of a disease.

Noun

forme fruste (plural formes frustes)

  1. An incomplete form or partial symptom of a disease.
    • Essential tremor, a neurological disorder that causes hand tremors, is suspected by some researchers to be a forme fruste of Parkinson's disease.

Forms of forme fruste

pluralformes frustes

Origin of forme fruste

Borrowed from French forme fruste.

Questions about forme fruste

What does forme fruste mean?
Forme fruste means an incomplete form or partial symptom of a disease.
What part of speech is forme fruste?
Forme fruste is a noun.
What is the plural of forme fruste?
The plural of forme fruste is formes frustes.

Words near forme fruste in the dictionary

  1. formboards
  2. formbook
  3. formbooks
  4. Formby
  5. forme
  6. forme fruste
  7. formed
  8. formedness
  9. formedon
  10. formedons
  11. formedst

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