Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

presymptomatic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: presymp-tomat-ic
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

relating to the early stages of a disease, before all symptoms have developed and when therefore accurate diagnosis is not possible.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English symptomatic English presymptomatic From pre- + symptomatic.

Derived Forms

presymptomatically

Synonyms

prepatent preclinical

Questions

What does presymptomatic mean?: relating to the early stages of a disease, before all symptoms have developed and when therefore accurate diagnosis is not possible.
Where does presymptomatic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English symptomatic English presymptomatic From pre- + symptomatic.

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