symptom

Definitions


[ˈsɪm(p)təm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a physical or mental feature which is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient
(e.g: dental problems may be a symptom of other illness)


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Origin:
late Middle English synthoma, from medieval Latin, based on Greek sumptōma ‘chance, symptom’, from sumpiptein ‘happen’; later influenced by French symptome




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