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  1. insidious: [ in-sid´e-us ] coming on stealthily; of gradual and subtle development.

  2. insidious: [adjective] awaiting a chance to entrap : treacherous. harmful but enticing : seductive.

  3. Insidious. An insidious disease is any disease that comes on slowly and does not have obvious symptoms at first. The person is not aware of its development.

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    An insidious disease is any disease that comes on slowly and does not have obvious symptoms at first. The person is not aware of its development.

    Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. 24th ed. Insidious. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company; 2021. www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770775/all/insidious. Accessed June 13, 2023.

    Updated by: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, MD, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.

  4. INSIDIOUS definition: 1. (of something unpleasant or dangerous) gradually and secretly causing harm: 2. (of something…. Learn more.

  5. INSIDIOUS meaning: 1. (of something unpleasant or dangerous) gradually and secretly causing harm: 2. (of something…. Learn more.

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  7. insidious: 1 adj working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way “glaucoma is an insidious disease” Synonyms: pernicious , subtle harmful causing or capable of causing harm adj intended to entrap Synonyms: dangerous , unsafe involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm adj beguiling but harmful “ insidious pleasures” ...

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