PROLEP'TIC
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1. Pertaining to prolepsis or anticipation.
2. Previous; antecedent.
3. In medicine, anticipating the usual time; applied to a periodical disease, whose paroxysm returns at an earlier hour at every repetition.
Alt. of Proleptical
1. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative.
2. Previous; antecedent.
3. Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.
By way of anticipation.
In a proleptical manner.
The art and science of predicting in medicine.
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