symptom

Noun

Meaning

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.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sign indication mark signal note token manifestation significant evidence feature datum portent intimation measure expression

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Antonyms

cause problem basis health normal treatment

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Hypernyms

evidence indication grounds

Hyponyms

nebula effect floater cyanosis pain fever

Related terms

asymptote symptomatic asymptomatic

Phrases with the word

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Examples

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. Edith Wharton

Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty. Edward Gibbon

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness. Victor Hugo

Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of hateful failure. Do not mistake a child for his symptom. Erik Erikson

Not to wish to recover is a mortal symptom. Spanish Proverb

Prescribe the right medicine for a symptom. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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