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   symptom

   /ˈsɪm(p)təm/

   noun

   • 1. a physical or mental feature which is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient: "dental problems may be a symptom of other illness" Similar manifestationindicationindicatorsignmarkfeaturetraitprodrome
   • ▪ an indication of the existence of something, especially of an undesirable situation: "are declining sales merely a symptom of the real problem, which could be poor product development?" Similar expressionsignindicationmarktokenmanifestationomenauguryportentwarningtestimonyevidenceproofcluehint

   Word Origin late Middle Englishsynthoma, from medieval Latin, based on Greek sumptōma ‘chance, symptom’, from sumpiptein ‘happen’; later influenced by French symptome.

   Derivatives

   • 1. symptomless adjective

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