prodromal period (stage)

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• prodromal period — see under stage …   Medical dictionary

• prodromal stage — the period of early symptoms of a disease; see prodrome. In an infectious disease process, this is after the incubation period and just before the appearance of characteristic symptoms. Called also prodromal period …   Medical dictionary

• Stage — The extent of a cancer, especially whether the disease has spread from the original site to other parts of the body. See also staging. * * * 1. A period in the course of a disease; a description of the extent of involvement of a disease process… …   Medical dictionary

• period — 1. A certain duration or division of time. 2. One of the stages of a disease, e.g., p. of incubation, p. of convalescence. SEE ALSO: stage, phase. 3. Colloquialism for menses. 4. Any of the horizontal rows of chemical elements in the …   Medical dictionary

• prodromal stage — (pro dro měl) The period during the course of a disease in which there is the appearance of signs and symptoms, but they are not yet distinctive and characteristic enough to make an accurate diagnosis …   Dictionary of microbiology

• Incubation period — In medicine, the time from the moment of exposure to an infectious agent until signs and symptoms of the disease appear. For example, the incubation period of chickenpox is 14 16 days. In biology, the incubation period is the time needed for any… …   Medical dictionary

• preeruptive stage — 1. the stage before the eruptive stage of a fever; cf. prodromal s. 2. the period of tooth development, before tooth eruption, characterized by growth of the coronal portion of the tooth, prior to the beginning of the growth of the root …   Medical dictionary

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