Potena Symptom

Potential symptom (lat. Potentia - possibility; symptom - sign; sometimes “potency” is a noun). There are several synonyms for the term PS: latent symptom, hidden manifestation, implicit and uncertain symptom. The term was introduced by American psychiatrists Wechter and Wilner in honor of the outstanding psychiatrist and teacher Hans Lipmann, who, according to them, coined this term back in 1924.