symptom
See also: Symptom
English
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/
Audio (RP) (file) - Hyphenation: symp‧tom
Noun
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 21345056, 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.
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Synonyms
- indication
- manifestation
- sign, signal
- See also Thesaurus:symptom
Antonyms
- Treatment of symptoms versus treatment of cause
Derived terms
- symptomatology
- symptomless
Related terms
- asymptomatic
- asymptote
- symptomatic
Translations
something that indicates a disease or disorder
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figuratively: indicator of something
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Further reading
- symptom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- symptom in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Czech
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): [ˈsɪmptom]
Noun
symptom m
- symptom
- Synonym: příznak
Declension
Declension of symptom
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | symptom | symptomy |
| genitive | symptomu | symptomů |
| dative | symptomu | symptomům |
| accusative | symptom | symptomy |
| vocative | symptome | symptomy |
| locative | symptomu | symptomech |
| instrumental | symptomem | symptomy |
Related terms
- symptomatický
References
- "symptom" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Further reading
- symptom in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- symptom in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- symptom in Internetová jazyková příručka
Danish
Noun
symptom n (singular definite symptomet, plural indefinite symptomer)
- symptom
Declension
Declension of symptom
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | symptom | symptomet | symptomer | symptomerne |
| genitive | symptoms | symptomets | symptomers | symptomernes |
Derived terms
- symptomfri
Related terms
- symptomatisk
References
- “symptom” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /sʏmpˈtuːm/
- Rhymes: -uːm
- Hyphenation: symp‧tom
Noun
symptom n (definite singular symptomet, indefinite plural symptom or symptomer, definite plural symptoma or symptomene)
- symptom
Derived terms
- abstinenssymptom
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
symptom n (definite singular symptomet, indefinite plural symptom, definite plural symptoma)
- symptom
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɨm.ptɔm/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɨmptɔm
- Syllabification: sym‧ptom
Noun
symptom m inan
- symptom
Declension
Declension of symptom
| 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
- symptom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- symptom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
In the Swedish language since 1730. From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”).
Noun
symptom n
- Dated form of symtom (“symptom”).
Declension
| Declension of symptom | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | symptom | symptomet | symptom | symptomen |
| Genitive | symptoms | symptomets | symptoms | symptomens |