symptom
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”), from stem of συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, “Ι befall”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + πίπτω (píptō, “I fall”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsɪm(p)təm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: symp‧tom
Noun
[edit]symptom (plural symptoms)
- (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.
- Swollen breasts, morning sickness, and a missed period are classic symptoms of pregnancy.
- (figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
- Lying, hiding one's true feelings, and having affairs are typical symptoms of a doomed marriage.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 114–115:
- "Nay, nay," exclaimed Lord Norbourne, "I cannot go quite so far as that. I have, thanks to your hospitality, laid in a stock of health enough for the ensuing winter: but as to the general benevolence of which you talk, I confess I find no symptoms: if I did, they would alarm me more than those of the gout."
- 2009, Charles Zastrow, Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare:
- Some people see birth outside of marriage as a social problem—a sign of a breakdown in the traditional family and a symptom of moral decay.
Synonyms
[edit]- indication
- manifestation
- sign, signal
- See also Thesaurus:symptom
Antonyms
[edit]- Treatment of symptoms versus treatment of cause
Derived terms
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Further reading
[edit]- “symptom”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “symptom”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Symptom[1] from Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”), from stem of συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, “Ι befall”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + πίπτω (píptō, “I fall”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]symptom m inan
Declension
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “symptom”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
Further reading
[edit]- “symptom”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “symptom”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “symptom”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]symptom n (singular definite symptomet, plural indefinite symptomer)
Declension
[edit]neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | symptom | symptomet | symptomer | symptomerne |
genitive | symptoms | symptomets | symptomers | symptomernes |
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “symptom” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “chance, casualty; symptom”), from συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, “Ι befall”) (with the suffix, -μα (-ma), from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥), from both συν- (sun-, “with, together”), from σύν (sún, “beside, with”), from Proto-Indo-European *som-, from *sem- (“together, one”), or possibly from *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”), from *ḱe + and from πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *pípth₂-, from *peth₂- (“to spread out, fly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]symptom n (definite singular symptomet, indefinite plural symptom or symptomer, definite plural symptoma or symptomene)
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]symptom n (definite singular symptomet, indefinite plural symptom, definite plural symptoma)
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French symptôme.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]symptom m inan
- (literary, medicine) symptom (something that indicates a disease or disorder)
- (figurative, literary) symptom (indicator of something)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | symptom | symptomy |
genitive | symptomu | symptomów |
dative | symptomowi | symptomom |
accusative | symptom | symptomy |
instrumental | symptomem | symptomami |
locative | symptomie | symptomach |
vocative | symptomie | symptomy |
Further reading
[edit]- symptom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- symptom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]In the Swedish language since 1730. From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”).
Noun
[edit]symptom n
Declension
[edit]Declension of symptom | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | symptom | symptomet | symptom | symptomen |
Genitive | symptoms | symptomets | symptoms | symptomens |
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂-
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- cs:Medical signs and symptoms
- Danish lemmas
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂-
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/uːm
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
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- Polish terms derived from Middle French
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- Polish terms borrowed from French
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- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɨmptɔm
- Rhymes:Polish/ɨmptɔm/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
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- pl:Medicine
- Swedish terms derived from Ancient Greek
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