symptom

Etymology

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): /ˈsɪm(p)təm/

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.

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

References

Noun

symptom n (singular definite symptomet, plural indefinite symptomer)

1. symptom

References

• “symptom” in Den Danske Ordbog

Noun

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

1. symptom

Noun

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

1. symptom

Pronunciation

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Noun

symptom m inan

1. symptom