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Proleptic

PROLEP'TIC PROLEP'TICAL, a. Pertaining to prolepsis or anticipation. 1. Previous; antecedent. 2. In medicine, anticipating the usual time; applied to a periodical disease, whose paroxysm returns at an earlier...

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PROLEP'TIC

PROLEP'TICAL, a. Pertaining to prolepsis or anticipation.

1. Previous; antecedent.

2. In medicine, anticipating the usual time; applied to a periodical disease, whose paroxysm returns at an earlier hour at every repetition.

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