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Forme Fruste
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forme (form) pl. formes   [Fr.] form.
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 frst, 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 pathological condition

forme fruste
An aborted, attenuated, or atypical expression of a clinical entity or pathologic condition


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