precursor /prē-kûrˈsər/

1. Something that exists or goes in advance of another
2. An indication of the approach of an event
3. A forerunner, herald or harbinger
4. A predecessor
5. A substance from which the one in question is derived or manufactured (chem)

precurˈsive or precurˈsory adjective

• dissembly
• disseminate
• disseminated
• disseminated scleroses
• disseminated sclerosis
• disseminates
• disseminating
• dissemination
• disseminations
• disseminative
• disseminator
• disseminators
• disseminule
• disseminules
• detention
• detention centre
• detention centres
• detentions
• detents
• deter
• deterge
• deterged
• detergence
• detergences
• detergencies