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title: "Prodromus"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodromus"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T03:57:18.623670+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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A prodromus ('forerunner' or 'precursor') aka prodrome is a term used in the natural sciences to describe a preliminary publication intended as the basis for a later, more comprehensive work.
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It is also a medical term used for a premonitory symptom, that is, a symptom indicating the onset of a disease.
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The origin of the word is from the 19th century: via French from New Latin prodromus, from Greek prodromos, meaning forerunner.
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Nicolas Steno's De solido intra solidum naturaliter contento dissertationis prodromus, one of the early treatises attempting to explain the occurrence of fossils in solid rock.
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Ludovico Marracci's Arabic edition and Latin translation of the Qur’an was published in 1698. His ‘Introduction’ (Prodromus) had been published seven years earlier.
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Other notable prodromi include Prodromus Entomology, Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen, Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.
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== See also ==
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White paper
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== References == |