symptom

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English

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪm(p)təm/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: symp‧tom

Noun

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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; strictly, a symptom is felt or experienced by the patient, while a sign can be detected by an observer.
    Swollen breasts, morning sickness, and a missed period are classic symptoms of pregnancy.
  2. (figuratively) 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.
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. [], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, [], →OCLC, pages 114–115:
      "Nay, nay," exclaimed Lord Norbourne, "I cannot go quite so far as that. I have, thanks to your hospitality, laid in a stock of health enough for the ensuing winter: but as to the general benevolence of which you talk, I confess I find no symptoms: if I did, they would alarm me more than those of the gout."
    • 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.

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Antonyms

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  • Treatment of symptoms versus treatment of cause

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from 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).

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Noun

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symptom m inan

  1. symptom
    Synonym: příznak

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References

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  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “symptom”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

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  • symptom”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • symptom”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • symptom”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Noun

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symptom n (singular definite symptomet, plural indefinite symptomer)

  1. symptom

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, chance, casualty; symptom), from συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, Ι befall) (with the suffix, -μα (-ma), from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥), from both συν- (sun-, with, together), from σύν (sún, beside, with), from Proto-Indo-European *som-, from *sem- (together, one), or possibly from *ḱóm (beside, near, by, with), from *ḱe + and from πίπτω (píptō, to fall), from Proto-Indo-European *pípth₂-, from *peth₂- (to spread out, fly).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sʏmpˈtuːm/
  • Rhymes: -uːm
  • Hyphenation: symp‧tom

Noun

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

  1. symptom

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Noun

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

  1. symptom

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from French symptôme.

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symptom m inan

  1. (literary, medicine) symptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder)
    Synonyms: objaw, zwiastun
  2. (figurative, literary) symptom (indicator of something)
    Synonyms: objaw, oznaka, przejaw, sygnał, symptomat

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Further reading

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  • symptom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • symptom in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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Etymology

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In the Swedish language since 1730. From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, a happening, accident, symptom of disease).

Noun

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symptom n

  1. Dated form of symtom (symptom).

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