1. of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared; [syn: preclinical, presymptomatic]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
presymptomatic
adj 1: of or relating to the early phases of a disease when
accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of
the disease have not yet appeared [syn: preclinical,
presymptomatic]