prodromous

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prodromous

adjective

not comparable precursory. Prodromous Clouds whose edges are fringed with Gold, comfort us with the hopes of an approaching greater Light, which when the Sun is up, do but darken the Horizon.
not comparable Pertaining to signs or symptoms that precede the onset of a disease. Where the second eye was quite free from prodromous symptoms, Græfe has seen it frequently affected shortly after operation on the first, somewhere about 10 per cent.
not comparable Prophylactic. Whichever view is taken, it is equally antagonistic to the rule of prodromous catheterism in forceps-delivery.

noun

A sign of something to come; a harbinger. The neglect of this has led to much difference of opinion, and a great deal of vain and idle discussion: one party affirming that the disease consists essentially in the direct and immediate impression of the morbific cause upon the susceptibilities of the living organization; the other, that this s

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@misc{prodromous_2026,
  title = {prodromous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prodromous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}