tardive

tar·dive  (tärdv)

adj.

Having symptoms that develop slowly or appear long after inception. Used of a disease.

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[French, feminine of tardif, from Old French, slow; see tardy.]

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Adj.

1.

tardive - late-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease); "tardive dyskinesia" later, late - at or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child"