'Symptom' definitions:
Definition of 'symptom'
(from WordNet)
noun
(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
noun
Anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence
Definition of 'Symptom'
From: GCIDE
- Symptom \Symp"tom\, n. [F. sympt[^o]me, Gr. ? anything that has befallen one, a chance, causality, symptom, fr. ? to fall together; sy`n with + ? to fall; akin to Skr. pat to fly, to fall. See Syn-, and cf. Asymptote, Feather.]
- 1. (Med.) Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited. [1913 Webster]
- Like the sick man, we are expiring with all sorts of good symptoms. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Mark; note; sign; token; indication. [1913 Webster] Symptomatic
Synonyms of 'symptom'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnormality,
- acute disease,
- affection,
- affliction,
- ailment,
- allergic disease,
- allergy,
- atrophy,
- bacterial disease,
- badge,
- banner,
- basis for belief,
- birth defect,
- blight,
- body of evidence,
- broad hint,
- cardiovascular disease,
- chain of evidence,
- character,
- characteristic,
- chronic disease,
- circulatory disease,
- clue,
- complaint,
- complication,
- condition,
- congenital defect,
- cue,
- danger sign,
- data,
- datum,
- defect,
- deficiency disease,
- deformity,
- degenerative disease,
- device,
- differentia,
- disability,
- disease,
- disorder,
- distemper,
- documentation,
- early symptom,
- earmark,
- endemic,
- endemic disease,
- endocrine disease,
- epidemic disease,
- evidence,
- exhibit,
- fact,
- facts,
- falling barometer,
- feature,
- functional disease,
- fungus disease,
- gastrointestinal disease,
- gathering clouds,
- genetic disease,
- gentle hint,
- gesture,
- glimmer,
- glimmering,
- grounds,
- grounds for belief,
- hallmark,
- handicap,
- hereditary disease,
- high sign,
- hint,
- iatrogenic disease,
- idiosyncrasy,
- illness,
- image,
- implication,
- index,
- indicant,
- indication,
- indicator,
- indisposition,
- infectious disease,
- infirmity,
- inkling,
- innuendo,
- insignia,
- insinuation,
- intimation,
- item of evidence,
- keynote,
- kick,
- look,
- malady,
- malaise,
- manifestation,
- mark,
- marker,
- material grounds,
- measure,
- morbidity,
- morbus,
- muniments,
- muscular disease,
- mute witness,
- neurological disease,
- nod,
- note,
- nudge,
- nutritional disease,
- occupational disease,
- omen,
- organic disease,
- pandemic disease,
- pathological condition,
- pathology,
- peculiarity,
- picture,
- piece of evidence,
- plant disease,
- precursor,
- preliminary sign,
- premises,
- premonitory sign,
- premonitory symptom,
- prodroma,
- prodrome,
- prognosis,
- prognostic,
- prognostication,
- prompt,
- proof,
- property,
- protozoan disease,
- psychosomatic disease,
- quarantine flag,
- reason to believe,
- red flag,
- red light,
- relevant fact,
- representation,
- representative,
- respiratory disease,
- rockiness,
- scent,
- seal,
- secondary disease,
- seediness,
- sickishness,
- sickness,
- sigil,
- sign,
- signal,
- signature,
- significant,
- signs,
- skull and crossbones,
- spoor,
- stamp,
- storm petrel,
- stormy petrel,
- suggestion,
- sure sign,
- suspicion,
- symptomatology,
- symptomology,
- symptoms,
- syndrome,
- telltale,
- telltale sign,
- the pip,
- thundercloud,
- thunderhead,
- token,
- track,
- trait,
- urogenital disease,
- virus disease,
- warning sign,
- warning signal,
- wasting disease,
- whisper,
- wink,
- worm disease,
- yellow flag,
- yellow jack