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prepatent
prepatent
synonyms
quiescent
presymptomatic
abeyant
latent
potential
lurking
dormant
within realm of possibility
suspended
smoldering
thinkable
undeveloped
probable
sluggish
slack
sidelined
unrealized
torpid
slumbering
future
hibernating
down
fallow
inert
imaginable
comatose
inherent
embryonic
plausible
inoperative
lethargic
on the shelf
out of action
likely
budding
possible
implied
closed down
passive
hidden
asleep
conceivable
preclinical
presymptomatic
asleep
inoperative
down
inherent
latent
comatose
prepatent
definitions
adj
Prior to the existence of a legal patent.
Before symptoms (especially of infection) become manifest.