symptom

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: symp=tom

CIDE DICTIONARY

symptom, n. [F. symptôme, 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.].

•  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."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

symptom, n.
1 Med. a change in the physical or mental condition of a person, regarded as evidence of a disease (cf. SIGN 5).
2 a sign of the existence of something.

Etymology

ME synthoma f. med.L sinthoma, & f. LL symptoma f. Gk sumptoma -atos chance, symptom, f. sumpipto happen (as SYN-, pipto fall)

THESAURUS

symptom

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

ROGET THESAURUS

symptom

Indication

N indication, symbolism, symbolization, semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics, Zeitgeist, characteristic, diagnostic, lineament, feature, trait, fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint, cloven hoof, footfall, recognition (memory), diagnostic, divining rod, detector, sign, symbol, index, indice, indicator, point, pointer, exponent, note, token, symptom, dollar sign, dollar mark, type, figure, emblem, cipher, device, representation, epigraph, motto, posy, gesture, gesticulation, pantomime, wink, glance, leer, nod, shrug, beck, touch, nudge, dactylology, dactylonomy, freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology, byplay, dumb show, cue, hint, clue, clew, key, scent, signal, signal post, rocket, blue light, watch fire, watch tower, telegraph, semaphore, flagstaff, cresset, fiery cross, calumet, heliograph, guidon, headlight, mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick, print, imprint, impress, impression, keyboard symbols, printing symbols, red letter, italics, sublineation, underlining, bold font, jotting, note, annotation, reference, blaze, cedilla, guillemets, hachure, quotation marks, ", double quotes, " ", parentheses, "( )", brackets, "", braces, "", left arrow, "<", right arrow, ">", forward slash, "/", backward slash, "\", exclamation point, "!", commercial at, "@", pound sign, "#", percent sign, "%", carat, "", ampersand, "&", asterisk, "*", hyphen, "-", dash, "-", "_", em dash, "--", plus sign, "+", equals sign, "=", question mark, "?", period, ", ", semicolon, ", ", colon, ":", comma, ", ", apostrophe, "'", single quote, "'", tilde, "~", badge, criterion, countercheck, countermark, countersign, counterfoil, duplicate, tally, label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop, dib, totem, tessera, card, bill, witness, voucher, stamp, cacher, trade mark, Hall mark, signature, mark, autograph, autography, attestation, hand, hand writing, sign manual, cipher, seal, sigil, signet, hand and seal, paraph, brand, superscription, indorsement, endorsement, password, watchword, catchword, security card, pass, passkey, credentials, open sesame, timbrology, mot de passe, mot du guet, pass-parole, shibboleth, title, heading, docket, address card, visiting card, carte de visite, insignia, banner, banneret, bannerol, bandrol, flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum, oriflamb, oriflamme, figurehead, ensign, pennon, pennant, pendant, burgee, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack, banderole, old glory, quarantine flag, vexillum, yellow-flag, yellow jack, tricolor, stars and stripes, bunting, heraldry, crest, coat of arms, arms, armorial bearings, hatchment, escutcheon, scutcheon, shield, supporters, livery, uniform, cockade, epaulet, chevron, garland, love knot, favor, beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, cock, weathercock, guidepost, handpost, fingerpost, directing post, signpost, pillars of Hercules, pharos, bale-fire, beacon-fire, l'etoile du Nord, landmark, seamark, lighthouse, balize, polestar, loadstar, lodestar, cynosure, guide, address, direction, name, sign, signboard, warning, omen, prefigurement, trace, record, warning &c, alarm, scepter, trophy, gauge, milestone, milepost, brand, fool's cap, check, telltale, test, mileage ticket, milliary, notification, advertisement, word of command, call, bugle call, trumpet call, bell, alarum, cry, battle cry, rallying cry, angelus, reveille, sacring bell, sanctus bell, exposition &c (explanation), proof, pattern, indicating, indicative, indicatory, denotative, connotative, diacritical, representative, typical, symbolic, pantomimic, pathognomonic, symptomatic, characteristic, demonstrative, diagnostic, exponential, emblematic, armorial, individual, known by, recognizable by, indicated, pointed, marked, denotable, indelible, in token of, symbolically, in dumb show, ecce signum, ex ungue leonem, ex pede Herculem, vide ut supra, vultus ariete fortior.