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adj. - Symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease.

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  • The high-risk, or "prodromal," period is now a focal point for prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
  • He calls the early symptoms - including unusual beliefs, lack of initiative, and social withdrawal - the "prodromal" phase of these disorders.
  • "prodromal" symptoms, and followed them for two years.
  • And more of the women had the acute symptoms than the vaguely recalled prodromal symptoms.
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