SYMPTOM


Meaning of SYMPTOM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsim(p)-təm ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin symptomat-, symptoma, from Greek symptōmat-, symptōma happening, attribute, symptom, from sympiptein to happen, from syn- + piptein to fall — more at feather

Date: 1541

1.

a. : subjective evidence of disease or physical disturbance ; broadly : something that indicates the presence of bodily disorder

b. : an evident reaction by a plant to a pathogen

2.

a. : something that indicates the existence of something else

symptom s of an inner turmoil

b. : a slight indication : trace

Synonyms: see sign

• symp·tom·less -ləs adjective

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