symptom
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
symptom (plural symptoms)
- (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.
- (figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
- 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.
- Lying, hiding one's true feelings, and having affairs are typical symptoms of a doomed marriage.
Synonyms[edit]
- indication
- manifestation
- sign, signal
- See also Thesaurus:symptom
Antonyms[edit]
- Treatment of symptoms versus treatment of cause
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Translations[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- “symptom”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “symptom”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
symptom m inan
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "symptom" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Further reading[edit]
- symptom in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- symptom in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- symptom in Internetová jazyková příručka
Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
symptom n (singular definite symptomet, plural indefinite symptomer)
Declension[edit]
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | symptom | symptomet | symptomer | symptomerne |
genitive | symptoms | symptomets | symptomers | symptomernes |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “symptom” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “chance, casuality; 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[edit]
Noun[edit]
symptom n (definite singular symptomet, indefinite plural symptom or symptomer, definite plural symptoma or symptomene)
Derived terms[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
symptom n (definite singular symptomet, indefinite plural symptom, definite plural symptoma)
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
symptom m inan
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | symptom | symptomy |
genitive | symptomu | symptomów |
dative | symptomowi | symptomom |
accusative | symptom | symptomy |
instrumental | symptomem | symptomami |
locative | symptomie | symptomach |
vocative | symptomie | symptomy |
Further reading[edit]
- symptom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- symptom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
In the Swedish language since 1730. From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”).
Noun[edit]
symptom n
- Dated form of symtom (“symptom”).
Declension[edit]
Declension of symptom | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | symptom | symptomet | symptom | symptomen |
Genitive | symptoms | symptomets | symptoms | symptomens |
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂-
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
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- English countable nouns
- en:Medicine
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- Czech terms borrowed from German
- Czech terms derived from German
- Czech terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Czech lemmas
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- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- cs:Medical signs and symptoms
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂-
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/uːm
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
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- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
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- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɨmptɔm
- Rhymes:Polish/ɨmptɔm/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- Swedish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
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