symptom
nounEtymology
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”).
- derived from σύμπτωμα
Definitions
A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a…
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.
- The doctor told that his coughing and sneezing was the symptom of standing for too long in the rain.
- Swollen breasts, morning sickness, and a missed period are classic symptoms of pregnancy.
A signal
A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
- Lying, hiding one's true feelings, and having affairs are typical symptoms of a doomed marriage.
- 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.
The neighborhood
- synonymindication
- synonymmanifestation
- synonymsign
- synonymsignal
- synonymsymptom
- antonymTreatment of symptoms versus treatment of cause
- neighborasymptomatic
- neighborasymptote
- neighborsymptomatic
- neighborfever
- neighborpain
- neighborrash
- neighborfatigue
Derived
BLIPS, cardinal symptom, hemisymptom, intersymptom, monosodium glutamate symptom complex, monosymptom, MSG symptom complex, multisymptom, neurosymptom, postsymptom, Pratt's symptom, rational symptom, somatic symptom disorder, subsymptom, symptomatology, symptomize, symptom journal, symptomless, symptomlike, symptomology, Uhthoff's symptom, withdrawal symptom
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at symptom. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at symptom. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at symptom
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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