/simp"teuhm/ , n.
1. any phenomenon or circumstance accompanying something and serving as evidence of it.
2. a sign or indication of something.
3. Pathol. a phenomenon that arises from and accompanies a particular disease or disorder and serves as an indication of it.
[ 1350-1400; ME symptoma sýmptoma occurrence, that which falls together with something, equiv. to sym- SYM- + pto- (var. s. of píptein to fall) + -ma n. suffix of result ]
Syn. 2. signal, token, mark.