symptom
IPA: sˈɪmptʌm
noun
- (medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash; strictly, a symptom is felt or experienced by the patient, while a sign can be detected by an observer.
- (figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
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Examples of "symptom" in Sentences
- One of the symptoms is deafness.
- Exertion aggravates the symptoms.
- All the telltale symptoms are here.
- Anxiety is the predominate symptom of the disorder.
- Deviance then is a symptom of the social structure.
- The signs and symptoms of migraine vary among patients.
- Symptoms and signs vary depending on the type of hernia.
- There are no specific symptoms or signs of hookworm infection.
- In the lightest form, the main symptom is prurience or itching.
- The signs and symptoms vary depending on the degree of hypothermia.
- The symptoms of cataracts are very similar to the symptoms of ocular citrosis.
- The symptoms you describe sound like Dengue II since the main symptom is bleeding, both internal and external from the eyes, nose, etc.
- Pietz added Loughner now makes eye contact with people and no longer has the inappropriate smirk seen at previous court hearings, which she described as a symptom of his mental illness.
- Mr. Monroy-Hernández at M.I.T. said that the spread of social media, which he describes as a symptom of institutional dysfunction, will probably not "play a central role in fighting the problem."
- The word "symptom" comes from a Greek word meaning "accident, misfortune, that which befalls": certainly an unhealthy attitude toward a choice that can be the most joyous event of a person's life.
- "The main symptom is that you just can't sustain the activity you're doing," explains Howard Backer, M.D., past president of the Wilderness Medical Society and an expert on environmental heat illnesses.
- Mr. Monroy-Hernández at M.I.T. said that the spread of social media, which he describes as a symptom of broader institutional dysfunction, will probably not "play a central role in fighting the problem."
- Oh -- and while the highlight of last night's television viewing was, as ever, "House" (the old woman who was exhibiting Fannish Squee as a symptom is a moment that should be noted), PAX's "Young Blades" actually wasn't bad.
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