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symptom en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪm(p)təm/
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Etymology

From Middle English sinthoma, from Medieval Latin sinthoma, altered by Late Latin symptoma, from Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”), from stem of συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, “Ι befall”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”). See also syn-, -oma, -ome.

Meanings

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.
- Swollen breasts, morning sickness, and a missed period are classic symptoms of pregnancy.
- "Since hypertension doesn't usually cause symptoms, it flies below the radar, quietly damaging the vessels that deliver blood to your body and brain and increasing your risk of being blindsided by a heart attack or stroke." 2026, Ginny Graves, quoting Rishi K. Wadhera, “The Most Important Health Metric You're Not Tracking”, in Men's Health, volume 41, number 2, page 18:
- Sometimes a change in olfactory experience is the only symptom in a patient who is otherwise healthy. 1987 October, Avery N. Gilbert and Charles J. Wysocki, “Results of the Smell Survey”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 520:
- The doctor told that his coughing and sneezing was the symptom of standing for too long in the rain.
(figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
- "Nay, nay," exclaimed Lord Norbourne, "I cannot go quite so far as that. I have, thanks to your hospitality, laid in a stock of health enough for the ensuing winter: but as to the general benevolence of which you talk, I confess I find no symptoms: if I did, they would alarm me more than those of the gout." 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 114–115:
- Some people see birth outside of marriage as a social problem—a sign of a breakdown in the traditional family and a symptom of moral decay. 2009, Charles Zastrow, Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare:
- Lying, hiding one's true feelings, and having affairs are typical symptoms of a doomed marriage.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
symptoms	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (186)

ar عَرَض (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · tr belirti (figuratively: indicator of something) · tk alamat (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · bg симпто́м (figuratively: indicator of something) · cs symptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · lv simptoms (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · la symptōma (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · uz nishona (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · cmn 病徵 /病征 (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · sh сѝмпто̄м (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · km រោគសញ្ញា (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · az əlamət (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · cmn 徵兆 /征兆 (figuratively: indicator of something) · hi अलामत (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ko 징후 (figuratively: indicator of something) · sv symptom (figuratively: indicator of something) · ko 증후 (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · uz alomat (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · sk príznak (figuratively: indicator of something) · cs příznak (figuratively: indicator of something) · el σύμπτωμα (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · fr indice (figuratively: indicator of something) · tr belirti (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · mi tohumate (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · az simptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · sk príznak (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · fr symptôme (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ug ئالامەت (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · tr sendrom (figuratively: indicator of something) · sh sìmptōm (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · kk әйгіленіс (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · kk симптом (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · oc simptòma (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · et sümptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ka სიმპტომი (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · grc σύμπτωμα (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · my အဆင် (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · bn লক্ষণ (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · cy amlygiad (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · tr semptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · tr belgi (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ca símptoma (figuratively: indicator of something) · ps نشانه (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ur عَلامَت (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · niu fakamailoga (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · mi putanga (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · nl verschijnsel (figuratively: indicator of something) · pl objaw (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · is einkenni (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · pt sintoma (figuratively: indicator of something) · vi chứng trạng (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · uk симпто́м (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · pl symptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · mn тэмдэг (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · cs příznak (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · vi triệu chứng (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · tg аломат (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · id gejala (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · tk simptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · cmn 症狀 /症状 (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · fi oire (figuratively: indicator of something) · eo simptomo (figuratively: indicator of something) · bg при́знак (figuratively: indicator of something) · ro simptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · el σύμπτωμα (figuratively: indicator of something) · ja 兆候 (figuratively: indicator of something) · be сымпто́м (figuratively: indicator of something) · et sümptom (figuratively: indicator of something) · be знак (figuratively: indicator of something) · ast síntoma (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · cmn 病狀 /病状 (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · tg нишона (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ru знак (figuratively: indicator of something) · lt simptomas (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · cmn 病象 (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ja 症状 (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · de Anzeichen (figuratively: indicator of something) · ar عَرَض (figuratively: indicator of something) · ms simptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · id simtom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · be сімпто́м (figuratively: indicator of something) · nn symptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · tl tandang-sakit (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · fa عَرَض (figuratively: indicator of something) · ms simptom (figuratively: indicator of something) · de Symptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · tl pangitain (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · th อาการ (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · pl symptom (figuratively: indicator of something) · ms gejala (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · lv simptoms (figuratively: indicator of something) · ja 症候 (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · bg симпто́м (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · be сімпто́м (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · lt požymis (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · tr semptom (figuratively: indicator of something) · tg симптом (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · hi लक्षण (figuratively: indicator of something) · lo ອາການ (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ota اعراضی (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · mn шинж тэмдэг (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ps علامه (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ms gejala (figuratively: indicator of something) · tr bulgu (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · uk знак (figuratively: indicator of something) · be адзна́ка (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · fa عَلامَت (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · hu tünet (figuratively: indicator of something) · uz simptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ug سىمپتوم (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · sl znamenje (figuratively: indicator of something) · sv symtom (figuratively: indicator of something) · oc simptòma (figuratively: indicator of something) · ml രോഗലക്ഷണം (figuratively: indicator of something) · fa سَمپتوم (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · zza araz (figuratively: indicator of something) · sl znak (figuratively: indicator of something) · kmr nişan (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · sv symtom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · bg при́знак (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · tr araz (figuratively: indicator of something) · it sintomo (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · fi oire (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · cy arwydd (figuratively: indicator of something) · my လက္ခဏာ (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · az علامت (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · da symptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · km សញ្ញា (figuratively: indicator of something) · he סִימְפּטוֹם (figuratively: indicator of something) · hy ախտանիշ (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ky симптом (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · sl simptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · de Symptom (figuratively: indicator of something) · mi tohu māuiui (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · km សញ្ញា (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · zza semptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · he תַּסְמִין (figuratively: indicator of something) · fa اَثَر (figuratively: indicator of something) · ro simptom (figuratively: indicator of something) · az nişanə (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ko 증상 (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · eo simptomo (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ja 記号 (figuratively: indicator of something) · it sintomo (figuratively: indicator of something) · mi putanga (figuratively: indicator of something) · he סִימְפּטוֹם (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · hu szimptóma (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · cmn 症候 (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ru при́знак (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ca símptoma (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · gl síntoma (figuratively: indicator of something) · ru симпто́м (figuratively: indicator of something) · es síntoma (figuratively: indicator of something) · ast síntoma (figuratively: indicator of something) · pt sintoma (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · hi लक्षण (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · be сымпто́м (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · kmr berjeng (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · fr symptôme (figuratively: indicator of something) · id gejala (figuratively: indicator of something) · hu tünet (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ota علامت (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ar عَلَامَة (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ru симпто́м (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · sq simptomë (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · he תַּסְמִין (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · zza asante (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · uk озна́ка (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · es síntoma (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · zza elemat (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · vi triệu chứng (figuratively: indicator of something) · fa نِشانِه (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · sk symptóm (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · fa سَمپتوم (figuratively: indicator of something) · sv symptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · uk симпто́м (figuratively: indicator of something) · nl symptoom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · alt симптом (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · be адзна́ка (figuratively: indicator of something) · alt симптом (figuratively: indicator of something) · nb symptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · uk озна́ка (figuratively: indicator of something) · nl symptoom (figuratively: indicator of something) · mk симптом (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · kmr elamet (something that indicates a disease or disorder) · ru при́знак (figuratively: indicator of something)

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