forme (form) pl. formes [Fr.] form.
forme fruste
forme fruste
forme fruste (froost) pl. formes frustes an atypical, especially a mild or incomplete, form, as of a disease.
forme tardive (tahr-dēv´) a late-occurring form of a disease that usually appears at an earlier age.
forme fruste (fôrm fr st, früst)n. pl. formes frustes (fôrm frst, früst) An incomplete, abortive, or unusual form of a syndrome or disease. |
forme fruste
[fôrm′ frYst′, fôrm′ fro̅o̅st′] pl. formes frustes
Etymology: Fr, rough form
1 an incomplete or atypical form of a disease or a disease that is spontaneously arrested before it has run its usual course.
2 (in genetics) an inherited disorder in which there is minimal expression of an abnormal trait.
forme fruste
An aborted, attenuated, or atypical expression of a clinical entity or pathologic condition
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