presymptomatic

IPA: prˈisɪmptʌmˈætɪk

(medicine) relating to the early stages of a disease, before all symptoms have developed and therefore accurate diagnosis is not possible

Examples of "presymptomatic" in Sentences

In secondary prevention also called screening, a disease is prevented by screening for its early, presymptomatic stage.
With this trove of information in hand, patients will be able to ask presymptomatic questions to minimize their risk of developing disease.
But if a microscope could detect a presymptomatic state in scraped-off cervical tissue, then could another means of “seeing” cancer detect an early lesion in another cancer-afflicted organ?
Suppose a new test has been invented in the laboratory to detect an early, presymptomatic stage of a particular form of cancer, say, the level of a protein secreted by cancer cells into the serum.
To provide genetic testing and interpretation of test results at the request of physicians or genetic counselors for the purpose of disease diagnosis, carrier status determination, risk assessment, prenatal testing, or presymptomatic testing
Some tumors are inherently benign, genetically determined to never reach the fully malignant state; and some tumors are intrinsically aggressive, and intervention at even an early, presymptomatic stage might make no difference to the prognosis of a patient.