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Webster 1913 Edition

Symptom

Symp′tom

,
Noun.
[F.
symptôme
, Gr. [GREEK] anything that has befallen one, a chance, causality, symptom, fr. [GREEK] to fall together;
σύν
with + [GREEK] to fall; akin to Skr.
pat
to fly, to fall. See
Syn-
, and cf.
Asymptote
,
Feather
.]
1.
(Med.)
Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease;
as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the
symptoms
exhibited
.
Like the sick man, we are expiring with all sorts of good
symptoms
.
Swift.
2.
A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else;
as, corruption in elections is a
symptom
of the decay of public virtue
.
Syn. – Mark; note; sign; token; indication.

Webster 1828 Edition

Symptom

SYMP'TOM

,
Noun.
[Gr. a falling or accident, to fall.]
1.
Properly, something that happens in concurrence with another thing, as an attendant. Hence in medicine, any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease. The causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn the nature of them by the symptoms. Particular symptoms which more uniformly accompany a morbid state of the body,and are characteristic of it, are called pathognomonic or diagnostic symptoms.
2.
A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, open murmurs of the people are a symptom of disaffection to law or government.

Definition 2024

Symptom

Symptom

See also: symptom

German

Noun

Symptom n ‎(genitive Symptoms, plural Symptome)

  1. symptom, sign

Declension

symptom

symptom

See also: Symptom

English

Noun

symptom ‎(plural symptoms)

  1. (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.
  2. (figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
    • 2009, Charles Zastrow, Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare
      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.

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • Treatment of symptoms versus treatment of cause

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

External links

  • symptom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • symptom in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Czech

Etymology

Via German Symptom[1] from Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα ‎(súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”), from stem of συμπίπτω ‎(sumpíptō, “Ι befall”), from συν- ‎(sun-, “together”) + πίπτω ‎(píptō, “I fall”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪmptom/

Noun

symptom m

  1. symptom

Declension

Related terms

References

  1. ↑ symptom in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Danish

Noun

symptom n (singular definite symptomet, plural indefinite symptomer)

  1. symptom

Declension

Derived terms

  • symptomfri

Related terms

  • symptomatisk

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

symptom n ‎(definite singular symptomet, indefinite plural symptom or symptomer, definite plural symptoma or symptomene)

  1. symptom

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

symptom n ‎(definite singular symptomet, indefinite plural symptom, definite plural symptoma)

  1. symptom

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

symptom m inan

  1. symptom

Declension

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oːm

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