sintoma
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See also: síntoma
Portuguese
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom”), from stem of συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, “to befall”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: sin‧to‧ma
Noun
[edit]sintoma m (plural sintomas)
- (medicine) symptom (indicator of disease or disorder)
- (figurative) symptom (indicator of the presence of something else, especially of something bad)