premanifest

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ manifest

Adjective

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 ].