premanifest

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ manifest

Adjective[edit]

premanifest (not comparable)

  1. (pathology) Relating to the early stage of a disease, in which symptoms are not yet manifest
    • 2015 August 7, “Characterising Upper Limb Movements in Huntington's Disease and the Impact of Restricted Visual Cues”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The premanifest stage of HD (pre-HD) [5 ] provides an unprecedented opportunity to characterize deficits and ultimately encapsulate sensitive markers of disease progression from premanifest to symptomatic stages for potential use in clinical interventions [4 ,6 ,7 ].