symptom

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
  2. noun anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”), from stem of συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, “Ι befall”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”).

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