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forme fruste

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An incomplete form or partial symptom of a disease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • Essential tremor, a neurological disorder that causes hand tremors, is suspected by some researchers to be a forme fruste of Parkinson's disease.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French forme fruste.