subclinical
Below diagnostic threshold
Subclinical describes a disease or condition present in the body but not yet producing noticeable symptoms.
A subclinical infection may be detectable through lab tests while the patient feels fine.
The term marks the stage before clinical signs appear: The scan revealed subclinical atherosclerosis.
Subclinical cases can still be contagious or progressive.
Producing no sound
- symptomlessLacking disease indicators
- undetectedNot discovered yet
- inapparentNot readily observable
- presymptomaticBefore signs appear
covert · quiescent · occult · indolent · smoldering · low-grade · borderline · mild
Inactive but capable
- underlyingExisting beneath the surface
- hiddenKept out of sight
- maskedHaving face covered
- crypticObscure in meaning
unexpressed · undeveloped · incubating · reservoir · prodromal · precursor · harbored · sequestered
Impossible to notice
- below-thresholdUnder a set limit
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- biomarkerMeasurable biological health signal
- serologyStudy of blood antibodies
imaging · laboratory · histological · microscopic · serological · radiographic · electrocardiographic · incidental
At the outset
- nascentBeginning to develop
- emergingComing into view
- beginningInitial stage of something
- thresholdPoint of beginning
prodrome · prediabetic · prehypertensive · preinvasive · early · initial · developing · evolving
silent
Producing no sound
- symptomlessLacking disease indicators
- undetectedNot discovered yet
- inapparentNot readily observable
presymptomatic · covert · quiescent · occult · indolent · smoldering · low-grade · borderline · mild · undiagnosed
dormant
Inactive but capable
- underlyingExisting beneath the surface
- hiddenKept out of sight
- maskedHaving face covered
cryptic · unexpressed · undeveloped · incubating · reservoir · prodromal · precursor · harbored · sequestered · unmanifested
undetectable
Impossible to notice
- below-thresholdUnder a set limit
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- biomarkerMeasurable biological health signal
serology · imaging · laboratory · histological · microscopic · serological · radiographic · electrocardiographic · incidental
early-stage
At the outset
threshold · prodrome · prediabetic · prehypertensive · preinvasive · early · initial · developing · evolving · progressive
- unexpressedunspoken, unstated, unuttered, suppressed, implicit
subclinicalclinical
Emotionally detached, medically precise
symptomatic · overt · manifest · florid · full-blown
clinic, clinical, clinics, clinician, clinically, clinicians, preclinical, nonclinical