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‖ prodromus|ˈprɒdrəʊməs|
Pl. ˈprodromi.
[mod.L., a. Gr. πρόδροµος adj., running before, as n. a precursor, f. πρό, pro-2 + δραµεῖν to run, δρόµος running, race, course.]
1. A forerunner, a precursor, a premonitory event.
1645in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iv. I. 135 Beeston Castle..a while before the taking of Chester..as a Prodromus of its neighbouring Cities fate was yielded to the Parliament. 1660T. M. Cl. Walker's Hist. Independ. iv. 95 The Prodromi of whose miserable end might be these and the like. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 76 The Prodromi of the ensuing Rains. 1708T. Ward Eng. Ref. (1716) 58 As Prodromus to its Intrusion.
2. A book or treatise which is introductory or preliminary to some larger work.
1672Jacomb Serm. Rom. viii. Pref. §7 This Volume..I publish as a prodromus to what is yet to come. 1756Gentl. Mag. XXVI. 415 The next year Linnæus published his Fundamenta Botanica, which may be considered as the prodromus to many of his succeeding works. 1864Haldeman Bibliogr. Chess Knt.'s Tour Pref., This Prodromus is offered with the hope that it will be expanded and completed by some one who has more bibliographic facilities.
3. Path. A premonitory symptom of disease; = prodrome 3.
1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Prodromus, a Disease that comes before a greater, as the straitness of the Breast predicts a Consumption. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 289 The fit [of gout] is often preceded by certain prodromi. |