sintoma
See also: síntoma
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- simptoma (obsolete)
- symptoma (obsolete)
Etymology
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
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sĩˈtõ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sĩˈto.ma/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sĩˈto.mɐ/
- Hyphenation: sin‧to‧ma
Noun
sintoma m (plural sintomas)
- (medicine) symptom (indicator of disease or disorder)
- (figurative) symptom (indicator of the presence of something else, especially of something bad)
- Synonyms: evidência, indício, prenúncio, presságio, sinal
Related terms
- assintomático
- sintomaticamente
- sintomático
- sintomatismo
- sintomatista
- sintomatizar
- sintomatologia
- sintomatológico
- sintomatologista