Symptom Definition

sĭmtəm, sĭmp-
symptoms
noun
Any condition accompanying or resulting from a disease or a physical disorder and serving as an aid in diagnosis.
Webster's New World
Any circumstance, event, or condition that accompanies something and indicates its existence or occurrence; sign; indication.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Symptom

Noun

Singular:
symptom
Plural:
symptoms

Origin of Symptom

  • Middle English sinthoma symptom of a disease from Medieval Latin sinthōma from Late Latin symptōma from Greek sumptōma sumptōmat- a happening, symptom of a disease from sumpiptein sumptō- to coincide sun- syn- piptein to fall pet- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (sumptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease"), from stem of συμπίπτω (sumpiptō, “Ι befall"), from συν- (sun-, “together") + πίπτω (piptō, “I fall").

    From Wiktionary

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