forme fruste

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Definition von forme fruste im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

An incomplete form or partial symptom of a disease

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

Etymologie

[ 'fom, 'form ] (noun.) 15th century. Borrowed from French.