predisease (English, noun)
expansion: predisease (plural prediseases)
Senses:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A condition, albeit consisting of only one or two signs, that is identifiable as, or believed to be, a subclinical prelude to a disease, with greatly increased predisposition thereto (for example, prediabetes or prehypertension); the operational definition of such a state or the clinical value of asserting it may be contentious (as with purported preobesity).
Forms:
form: prediseases
tags: plural
form: pre-disease
tags: alternative