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symp·tom

(sĭm′təm, sĭmp′-)

1. An indication of a disorder or disease, especially a subjective one such as pain, nausea, or weakness.

2. A characteristic sign or indication of the existence of something else: drought and erratic rainfall as symptoms of climate change.

[Middle English sinthoma, symptom of a disease, from Medieval Latin sinthōma, from Late Latin symptōma, from Greek sumptōma, sumptōmat-, a happening, symptom of a disease, from sumpiptein, sumptō-, to coincide : sun-, syn- + piptein, to fall; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]

symp′tom·less adj.

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symptom

(ˈsɪmptəm)

1. (Medicine) med any sensation or change in bodily function experienced by a patient that is associated with a particular disease. Compare sign⁹

2. any phenomenon or circumstance accompanying something and regarded as evidence of its existence; indication

[C16: from Late Latin symptōma, from Greek sumptōma chance, from sumpiptein to occur, from syn- + piptein to fall]

ˈsymptomless adj

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symp•tom

(ˈsɪmp təm)

n.

1. any phenomenon or circumstance accompanying something and serving as evidence of it.

2. a sign or indication of something.

3. a phenomenon that arises from and accompanies a particular disease or disorder and serves as an indication of it.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin symptōma < Greek sýmptōma occurrence, attribute, symptom =symptō-, s. of sympiptein to fall together, happen (sym- sym- + piptein to fall) + -ma, n. suffix of result]

symp·tom

(sĭm′təm)

A sign or an indication of a disorder or disease, usually a noticeable change in how a person feels or looks. Sore throat, headache, and higher than normal counts of white blood cells in the blood are symptoms of certain infections.

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Noun	1.	symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease evidence, grounds - your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling" medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques crepitation rale - the crackling sound heard on auscultation when patients with respiratory diseases inhale; associated with tuberculosis and pneumonia and congestive heart failure hypermenorrhea, menorrhagia - abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged alkalinuria, alkaluria - a condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline eosinopenia - a decrease in the number of eosinophils in the blood haemoglobinemia, hemoglobinemia - presence of excessive hemoglobin in the blood plasma haemoptysis, hemoptysis - coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia - presence of excess lipids in the blood albuminuria, proteinuria - the presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder aminoaciduria - abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine; usually a symptom of metabolic defects ammoniuria - excessive ammonia in the urine Jacquemier's sign - a purplish discoloration of the mucous membrane of the vagina that occurs early in pregnancy Kayser-Fleischer ring - a pigmented ring at the outer edge of the cornea of the eye; a symptom of Wilson's disease keratomalacia - softening and drying and ulceration of the cornea resulting from vitamin A deficiency; symptom of cystic fibrosis or sprue Kernig's sign - symptom of meningitis; patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings acetonemia, ketonemia, ketosis - an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus Koplik's spots - small red spots with white centers found on the mucous membranes of the mouth and tongue; symptom of measles that appears one or two days before the measles rash appears glycosuria - the presence of abnormally high levels of sugar in the urine lymphuria - the presence of lymph in the urine monocytosis - increase in the number of monocytes in the blood; symptom of monocytic leukemia thrombocytosis - increase in the number of platelets in the blood which tends to cause clots to form; associated with many neoplasms and chronic infections and other diseases ochronosis - an accumulation of dark pigment in cartilage and other connective tissue; usually a symptom of alkaptonuria or phenol poisoning hypercalcaemia, hypercalcemia - the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease hypocalcaemia, hypocalcemia - abnormally low level of calcium in the blood; associated with hypoparathyroidism or kidney malfunction or vitamin D deficiency hypercalcinuria, hypercalciuria - the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the urine; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or osteoporosis hypercholesteremia, hypercholesterolemia - the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis hyperkalemia - higher than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood; associated with kidney failure or sometimes with the use of diuretic drugs hypokalemia - abnormally low level of potassium in the circulating blood leading to weakness and heart abnormalities; associated with adrenal tumors or starvation or taking diuretics kaliuresis, kaluresis - the presence of excess potassium in the urine natriuresis - the presence of abnormally large amounts of sodium in the urine hypoproteinemia - abnormally low level of protein in the blood; can indicate inadequate diet or intestinal or renal disorders hypernatremia - excessive amounts of sodium in the blood; possibly indicating diabetes insipidus hyponatremia - abnormally low level of sodium in the blood; associated with dehydration hypersplenism - enlarged spleen and a decrease in one or more types of blood cells; associated with many disorders acetonuria, ketoaciduria, ketonuria - excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation amenia, amenorrhea, amenorrhoea - absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow
	2.	symptom - anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence indicant, indication - something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"

symptom

noun

1. sign, mark, indication, warning patients with flu symptoms

2. manifestation, sign, indication, mark, warning, evidence, expression, proof, token, portent, augury Your problem with sleep is just a symptom of a larger problem.

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symptom

noun

Something visible or evident that gives grounds for believing in the existence or presence of something else:

badge, evidence, index, indication, indicator, manifestation, mark, note, sign, signification, stamp, token, witness.

Translations

عارِضعَلَامَة

příznaksymptom

symptom

Symptom

σύμπτωμα

síntoma

sümptom

oire

symptôme

simptom

tünet

gejala

sjúkdómseinkenni

sintomo

症状

증상

simptomassimptomiškas

pazīmesimptoms

symptoom verschijnsel

symptóm

simptom

symptomsymtom

อาการของโรค

belirtisemptom

triệu chứng

症状

symptom

[ˈsɪmptəm] n

[illness] → symptôme m

(fig) [problem, bad situation] → symptôme m
the symptoms of social breakdown → les symptômes de la fracture sociale

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symptom

n (lit, fig) → Symptom nt

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symptom

[ˈsɪmptəm] n → sintomo

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symptom

(ˈsimptəm) noun

something that a person suffers from that indicates a particular disease. abdominal pain is a symptom of appendicitis.

ˌsymptoˈmatic (-ˈmӕtik) adjective

symptom

→ عَلَامَة příznak symptom Symptom σύμπτωμα síntoma oire symptôme simptom sintomo 症状 증상 symptoom symptop objaw sintoma симптом symtom อาการของโรค belirti triệu chứng 症状

symp·tom

n. síntoma, manifestación o indicio de una enfermedad según se percibe por el paciente;

constitutional ___ → ___ constitucional;

delayed ___ → ___ demorado;

objective ___ → ___ objetivo;

pathognomic ___ → ___ patognómico;

presenting ___ → ___ presente;

prodromal ___ → ___ prodrómico;

withdrawal ___ → ___ de supresión.

symptom

n síntoma m

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When she first began to perceive its symptoms, the sensations were so sweet and pleasing, that she had not resolution sufficient to check or repel them; and thus she went on cherishing a passion of which she never once considered the consequences.

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This event has annoyed and alarmed my master very seriously; and to make matters worse, on the day when the girl's treacherous conduct was discovered, the admiral was seized with the first symptoms of a severe inflammatory cold.

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How would the count have borne his dearly loved daughter's illness had he not known that it was costing him a thousand rubles, and that he would not grudge thousands more to benefit her, or had he not known that if her illness continued he would not grudge yet other thousands and would take her abroad for consultations there, and had he not been able to explain the details of how Metivier and Feller had not understood the symptoms, but Frise had, and Mudrov had diagnosed them even better?

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I knew it was my liver that was out of order, because I had just been reading a patent liver-pill circular, in which were detailed the various symptoms by which a man could tell when his liver was out of order.

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At Grimsby the first serious symptoms of illness had shown themselves in Anne.

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"I contended that if the ether surrounding the earth was so toxic in one quarter that it produced dangerous symptoms, it was hardly likely that we three in the railway carriage should be entirely unaffected."

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He could not understand it; but there were symptoms of intelligence between themhe thought so at least symptoms of admiration on his side, which, having once observed, he could not persuade himself to think entirely void of meaning, however he might wish to escape any of Emma's errors of imagination.

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Alarming symptoms were the immediate result of this 'imprudence,' as she mildly termed it - symptoms which had rather increased than diminished since; and this was the cause of her delay in writing to her brother.

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Until the last day there were no symptoms in the least degree serious about the malady that had taken her.

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Thus, at last, our hapless travellers, deprived of water in this torrid heat, began to feel symptoms of mental disorder.

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But, after a lapse of time, symptoms appeared in the patient which revealed to his medical attendant the presence of serious internal injury.

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He had mentioned to Dorothea that Lydgate was coming by appointment at half-past three, and in answer to her anxious question, whether he had felt ill, replied,--"No, I merely wish to have his opinion concerning some habitual symptoms. You need not see him, my dear.