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Symptom

//ˈsɪm(p)təm// noun

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Noun

1
A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash; strictly, a symptom is felt or experienced by the patient, while a sign can be detected by an observer.
"The doctor told that his coughing and sneezing was the symptom of standing for too long in the rain."
2
anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence wordnet
3
A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable. figuratively
"Lying, hiding one's true feelings, and having affairs are typical symptoms of a doomed marriage."
4
(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”), from stem of συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, “Ι befall”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + πίπτω (píptō, “I fall”).

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