forme fruste
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French forme fruste.
Noun
[edit]forme fruste (plural formes frustes)
- (medicine) An incomplete form or partial symptom of a disease.
- Essential tremor, a neurological disorder that causes hand tremors, is suspected by some researchers to be a forme fruste of Parkinson's disease.
References
[edit]- Forme fruste, The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 2nd Edition.
- forme fruste, Stedman's Online Medical Dictionary, 27th Edition.
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]forme fruste f (plural formes frustes)
- (medicine) forme fruste, unfinished form
References
[edit]- [1], Stedman's Online Medical Dictionary, 27th Edition.