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prepatent

prepatent adjective: before symptoms (especially of infection) become manifest.

Adjective

prepatent (not comparable)

  1. Before symptoms (especially of infection) become manifest.
    Synonyms:
    presymptomatic
  2. Prior to the existence of a legal patent.

Synonyms of prepatent

Origin of prepatent

From pre- + patent.

Questions about prepatent

What does prepatent mean?
Prepatent means before symptoms (especially of infection) become manifest.
What part of speech is prepatent?
Prepatent is an adjective.

Words near prepatent in the dictionary

  1. prepatched
  2. prepatches
  3. prepatching
  4. prepatellar
  5. prepatency
  6. prepatent
  7. prepatently
  8. prepathological
  9. prepatriarchal
  10. prepattern
  11. prepatterned

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