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Complete Definition of "symptom"

English

Etymology
:From AGr. polytonic|σύμπτωμα (sumptōma) "a happening, accident, disease" < stem of polytonic|συμπίπτω (sumpiptō) "Ι befall" < polytonic|συν- (sun-) "together" and polytonic|πίπτω (piptō) "I fall"

Noun
en-noun

  1. Anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else; especially a perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a patient that is indicative of a disease or disorder.

Synonyms
indication
manifestation

Antonyms
Treatment of symptoms versus treatment of cause

Derived terms
symptomatic
symptomatology
symptomless
asymptomatic

Translations

Catalan: símptoma m
Czech: příznak m
Dutch: symptoom n, verschijnsel n
Estonian: sümptom
Finnish: oire
French: symptôme m
German: Symptom n
Greek: σύμπτωμα (symptoma) n
Hebrew: תסמין (tɑsmin), סימפטום (simptom)
Indonesian: gejala
Italian: sintomo m
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Japanese: 症状 (しょうじょう, shōjō)
Malayalam: രോഗലക്ഷണം (roga lakshaNam)
Portuguese: sintoma m
Russian: признак, симптом
Spanish: síntoma m
Swedish: symptom
Turkish: semptom, belirti
Hindi: lakshan|lakshan

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