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
Other Word Forms of Symptom
Noun
Singular:
symptom
Plural:
symptomsOrigin of Symptom
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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").
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