symptom
symp·tom
noun
(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X''s existence
Origin
From Middle English sinthoma, from Medieval Latin sinthoma, altered by Late Latin symptoma, from Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”), from stem of συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, “Ι befall”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”). See also syn-, -oma, -ome.
Phrases
- cardinal symptom
- monosodium glutamate symptom complex
- MSG symptom complex
- Pratt's symptom
- rational symptom
- somatic symptom disorder
- symptom journal
- Uhthoff's symptom
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