Symptom

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