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Symptom - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Symptom : (noun)
1: (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that
is experienced by a patient and is associated with a
particular disease
2: anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication
of X's existence
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Like the sick man, we are expiring with all sorts of
good symptoms. --Swift.
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.
Syn: Mark; note; sign; token; indication.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Symptom : Symptom: Any subjective evidence of disease. Anxiety, lower back pain, and fatigue are all symptoms. They are sensations only the patient can perceive. In contrast, a sign is objective
evidence of disease. A bloody nose is a sign. It is evident to the patient, doctor, nurse and other observers.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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