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Symptom
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Meaning
Noun
●
In Medicine:
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.
●
A
signal
; anything that
indicates
, or is
characteristic
of, the
presence
of
something else
, especially of something undesirable.
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Origin
symptom
English
σύμπτωμα
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
συμπίπτω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Symptom
Indication
Manifestation
Sign
Signal
Related
Disease
Illness
Diagnosis
Pain
Disorder
Byproduct
Condition
Syndrome
Characteristic
Manifestations
Complication
Problem
Consequence
Depression
Onset
Treatment
Pathology
Occurrence
Anxiety
Seizure
Abnormality
Trait
Lesion
Infection
Patient
Severity
Signs
Ailment
Sensation
Chronic
Cause
Disorders
Medication
Headache
Etiology
Side Effect
Side Affect
Root Cause
Somatoform Disorder
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