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prodrome

US/ˈpɹoʊˌdɹoʊm/

prodrome noun: a precursor or harbinger; also a warning event.

Noun

prodrome (plural prodromes)

  1. (rare) A precursor or harbinger; also a warning event.
    • These may prove the Prodromes […] to the ruin of our Monarchy.1643, Lawrence Womack, Sober Sadness, page 45; quoted in The American encyclopædic dictionary, Volume 7, page 3252, published 1897
  2. An introductory or preliminary book or treatise.
    • (archaic)
    Synonyms:
    prodromus
  3. An early sign or symptom (or set of signs and symptoms) warning of the onset of a disease.
    • It is becoming increasingly recognised that bipolar, like schizophrenia, has a prodromal phase which can be identified prior to development of the full illness. However, one issue with research into this area is the potential conflation of the concepts of a prodrome for bipolar, referring to...2018 April 26, Tobias A Rowland, Steven Marwaha, “Epidemiology and risk factors for bipolar disorder”, in Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, volume 8, number 9, →DOI, pages 251–269

Adjective

prodrome (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Prodromous.

prodrome meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

prodrome in Tamil

நோய்க்கு முன் அடையாளம், பூர்வாங்க ஏடு, நோய்முன் அறிகுறி

prodrome in Indonesian

medicine: early sign or symptom
prodromus, bakat penyakit

Synonyms of prodrome

Forms of prodrome

pluralprodromes

Origin of prodrome

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

Words formed from prodrome

Questions about prodrome

What does prodrome mean?
Prodrome means a precursor or harbinger; also a warning event.
What is prodrome in Tamil?
Prodrome in Tamil is நோய்க்கு முன் அடையாளம், பூர்வாங்க ஏடு, நோய்முன் அறிகுறி. See Prodrome meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prodrome?
Prodrome can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce prodrome?
Prodrome is pronounced /ˈpɹoʊˌdɹoʊm/ (US).
What is the plural of prodrome?
The plural of prodrome is prodromes.

Words near prodrome in the dictionary

  1. prodoxids
  2. prodroma
  3. prodromal
  4. prodromata
  5. prodromatic
  6. prodrome
  7. prodromes
  8. prodromi
  9. prodromic
  10. prodromitid
  11. prodromitids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prodrome (page history and authors); prodrome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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