The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prodromus \Prod"ro*mus\, n. [NL.]
A prodrome.
A preliminary course or publication; -- used esp. in the titles of elementary works.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context medicine English) A prodrome; an early symptom. 2 (context archaic English) A preliminary course or publication; used especially in the titles of elementary works.
Wikipedia
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. It is also a medical term used for a premonitory symptom, that is, a symptom indicating the onset of a disease.
Origin of the word is nineteenth century: via French from New Latin prodromus, from Greek prodromos forerunner.
Notable prodromi were Prodromus Entomology, Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen, Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis and 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.
Usage examples of "prodromus".
Nor can I tell what the next few days in the convicts' sickbay will show me: the prodromi are such that I should be clear in my mind - only too clear alas - if it were not for this period of latency, contrary to all my authorities from the ancients until today.
The Prodromus and Notitia of Matthew Belius appear to contain a rich fund of information concerning ancient and modern Hungary.
Then, there are the Prodromus whales of old Scotch Sibbald, and Jonah's whale, as depicted in the prints of old Bibles and the cuts of old primers.
Then, there are the Prodromus whales of the old Scotch Sibbald, and Jonah’s whale, as depicted in the prints of old Bibles and the cuts of old primers.