present

One entry found for present.

Main Entry: pre·sent
Pronunciation: pri-zent
Function: transitive verb
: to show or manifest <patients who present symptoms of malaria>
intransitive verb
1 a : to become manifest <Lyme disease often presents with erythema migrans, fatigue, fever, and chills> b : to come forward as a patient <he presented with grossly swollen ankles and large varicose veins -- T. E. Greene>
2 : to become directed toward the opening of the uterus -- used of a fetus or a part of a fetus <babies which present by breech -- Year Book of Obstetrics & Gynecology>