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Etymology
Late Latin symptomat-, symptoma, from Greek symptōmat-, symptōma happening, attribute, symptom, from sympiptein to happen, from syn- + piptein to fall
- Date: 1541
Definitions
- 1 a : subjective evidence of disease or physical disturbance; broadly : something that indicates the presence of bodily disorder
- b : an evident reaction by a plant to a pathogen
- 2 a : something that indicates the existence of something else <symptoms of an inner turmoil>
- b : a slight indication : trace
