symptomsymp‧tom /ˈsɪmptəm/ ●○○ noun [countable] 
Common symptoms of diabetes are weight loss and fatigue.► see thesaurus at sign2a sign that a serious problem existssymptom of The disappearance of jobs is a symptom of a deeper socioeconomic change.COLLOCATIONSverbshave symptoms· Many people with the disease have no symptoms.experience/suffer symptoms· I had suffered mild symptoms of asthma as a child.show symptoms· The doctor said he showed symptoms of meningitis.display/exhibit symptoms formal (=show symptoms)· She was displaying symptoms of stress.cause symptoms· Make a note of which foods cause the symptoms, and which do not.relieve/alleviate symptoms formal (=make them less severe)· Take aspirin to relieve the symptoms, and keep warm.symptoms persist formal (=they do not stop)· If the symptoms persist, see your doctor.symptoms disappear· The symptoms should disappear after a few days.adjectivesphysical symptoms· Depressed people often complain of physical symptoms such as headaches.severe symptoms· If the baby develops severe symptoms, call 911.mild symptoms· The damage can be detected by a scan even where there are only mild symptoms.a common symptom· By far the most common symptom of caffeine withdrawal is headache.a classic symptom (=a typical symptom)· These are all classic symptoms of hay fever.withdrawal symptoms (=symptoms you get when you stop taking a substance)· People who try to give up smoking usually get withdrawal symptoms.
WORD ORIGINsymptom
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin symptoma, from Greek, ‘something that happens, symptom’, from sympiptein ‘to happen’, from syn- ( ➔ SYN-) + piptein ‘to fall’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- First the doctor asked me to describe my symptoms.
- In his speech the Bishop labelled these crimes as a symptom of society's moral decline.
- The first symptoms of hepatitis are tiredness, vomiting, and loss of weight.
- The tablets help relieve cold symptoms.
- At each visit, symptoms and side effects were noted and blood was taken for haematological and biochemical screening tests.
- At the medical products firm we mentioned earlier, symptoms of denial were rife.
- His symptoms worsened over the next two days and he returned to the nutritionist.
- Just knowing that one is participating in a study of the menstrual cycle can increase reports of negative symptoms by 80 percent.
- She had no symptoms, except that no monthly showing of blood took place.
- The symptoms that he had put up with for 20 years now became a real problem.
- Usually, high blood pressure has no symptoms, so many people have it for years without knowing.
THESAURUS
[countable] an event, fact etc that shows that something is happening or that something is true or exists: · The curtains were still drawn and there was no sign of activity.· A score of 80 or more is a sign that you are doing very well.
[countable] a sign. Indication is more formal than sign: · Recently there have been several indications of improving relations.· There was no indication the killings were related to the drug trade.
[uncountable] facts or signs that show clearly that something exists or is true, especially something that you are trying to prove: · Scientists are hoping to find evidence that there was once life on Mars.· There was not enough evidence to convict him of the murder.
[countable] a sign that someone has an illness or that a serious problem exists: · The first symptoms are tiredness and loss of weight.· Is this a symptom of the decay of Western civilization?
[countable] a sign that shows you what is happening or what is true – used about a process, or about the state or level of something: · There are a number of indicators of economic slowdown.· The tests are considered a good indicator of intelligence.
[countable] a sign that shows that you should do something, or that you have a particular attitude: · Severe chest pain is a warning signal that cannot be ignored.· Legalizing drugs could send the wrong signal to young people.
[countable] a sign, especially that you respect or honour someone: · People stood in silence as a mark of respect.· It was a mark of her popularity that so many colleagues and friends attended the presentation.
Longman Language Activatorsomething that shows what is true or what is happening an event or fact that shows that something is true or that something is happening: · Therapy should begin when the first signs are noticed.sign of: · Stan has some of the early signs of heart disease.· Police searched the house thoroughly but found no signs of a break-in.sign (that): · A score of 80 or more is a sign that you are doing very well.be a sure sign (of/that) (=show that something is definitely true): · When Emma offers to help you it's a sure sign that she wants something from you!a good/hopeful/encouraging sign (=a sign that things are improving): · The rise in consumer spending is an encouraging sign that the economy may be recovering.
something, especially someone's behaviour or what they say, that makes you believe that something is probably happening or has probably happened: indication of: · There was no indication of forced entry to the building.indication (that): · There are indications that the Labour Party will win the next election.give no/any/a good indication of something: · If she knew what was going on outside, she gave no indication of it.· The daily pollen count can give a good indication of the amount of allergens in the air.give/show every indication of (doing) something: · The two parties have shown every indication of a willingness to compromise.
facts, objects etc that show that something exists or is true: · Without any evidence we cannot prove that she was involved in murder.evidence of: · People have been looking for evidence of life on other planets for years.evidence that: · We can find no evidence that he ever worked for the company.visible evidence: · There was no visible evidence that humans had ever lived in this valley.
a sign that someone has an illness or that a serious problem exists: · First the doctor asked me to describe my symptoms.symptom of: · The first symptoms of hepatitis are tiredness, vomiting, and loss of weight.· In his speech the Bishop labelled these crimes as a symptom of society's moral decline.
a very small sign that a particular situation exists or is true: trace of: · The thief was careful not to leave any trace of his activities.· Many local people were very eager to get rid of the last traces of their town's shameful past. with/without a trace of something: · Hans speaks English beautifully, without a trace of a foreign accent.
formal a very clear sign that a particular situation or feeling exists: manifestation of: · This latest outbreak of violence is a clear manifestation of discontent in the city.· Some men feel that showing their emotions is a manifestation of weakness.
something that happens which you think is a sign that something good or bad is going to happen in the future: · Do you think the rain is some kind of omen?bad omen: · George thought the car breaking down on the way to his wedding was a bad omen.good omen: · "Maybe this is a good omen," said Jill, seeing a blue sky for the first time in weeks.
: tell-tale signs/marks/symptoms etc signs that something is happening that are not very easy to notice, unless you know exactly what to look for : · In his face you could see the first tell-tale signs of alcoholism.· Teachers are encouraged to look for telltale signs of abuse among their students.
if you say that something is a giveaway , you mean it clearly shows you the real truth about something, rather than what someone would like you to believe: · Those fake beams are a giveaway - it isn't really an old pub.be a dead giveaway (=show very clearly): · That nervous twitching was always a dead giveaway that he'd done something wrong.
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nounbirthmark, nounbite, verbbite, nounblack and blue, adjectiveBlack Death, the, black eye, nounblackout, nounbleed, verbbleeding, nounblind, verbblister, nounblister, verbblood bank, nounblood donor, nounblood poisoning, nounbloodshot, adjectiveblood transfusion, nounbloody, adjectivebloody, verbblue baby, nounboil, nounbotulism, nounbrain damage, nounbreakdown, nounbronchitis, nounbruise, nounbruise, verbBSE, nounbubonic plague, nounbug, nounbulimia, nounbump, nounbunion, nounbuzz, verbcalloused, adjectivecallus, nouncancer, nouncandida, nouncanker, nouncarbuncle, nouncarcinogen, nouncarcinogenic, adjectivecarcinoma, nouncardiac, adjectivecardiovascular, adjectivecaries, nouncarpal tunnel syndrome, nouncarrier, nouncarry, verbcarsick, adjectivecast, nouncasualty, nouncataract, nouncatarrh, nouncatatonic, adjectivecatching, adjectivecauliflower ear, nouncerebral palsy, nouncertify, verbcervical smear, nounchapped, adjectivecharley horse, nounchemotherapy, nounchesty, adjectivechicken pox, nounchilblains, nounChinese medicine, nouncholera, nounchronic, adjectivecirrhosis, nounCJD, nouncleanse, verbcleft palate, nounclinic, nounclinical, adjectiveclub foot, nouncold, nouncold sore, nouncolic, nouncolitis, nouncollapse, verbcolour-blind, adjectivecoma, nouncommon cold, nouncommon denominator, nouncommunicate, verbcomplaint, nouncomplicate, verbcomplication, nouncompound fracture, nounconcuss, verbconcussion, nouncondition, nouncongenital, adjectivecongested, adjectiveconjunctivitis, nounconstipation, nounconsumption, nounconsumptive, nouncontagion, nouncontagious, adjectivecontinent, adjectivecontract, verbcontusion, nounconvalesce, verbconvulsion, nouncorn, nouncortisone, nouncot death, nouncough, nounCPR, nouncrack-up, nouncramp, nounCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease, nouncrick, nouncrick, verbcripple, nouncripple, verbcross-eyed, adjectivecroup, nouncurable, adjectivecut, nouncyst, nouncystic fibrosis, nouncystitis, noundecompression sickness, noundeep vein thrombosis, noundeformity, noundegenerative, adjectivedehydrate, verbdelirious, adjectivedelirium, noundelusion, noundementia, noundengue fever, noundepression, noundermatitis, noundiabetes, noundiabetic, adjectivediabetic, noundiagnosis, noundialysis, noundiaper rash, noundiarrhoea, noundiphtheria, noundisability, noundisable, verbdisabled, adjectivedischarge, verbdisease, noundisgorge, verbdislocate, verbdisorder, noundissipated, adjectivedissipation, noundistemper, noundistend, verbdizzy, adjectivedoddering, adjectivedoddery, adjectivedonate, verbdonor, noundouble vision, noundoughy, adjectivedown, adverbDown's syndrome, noundrawn, adjectivedressing, noundrinker, noundrunk, adjectivedrunk, noundrunken, adjectivedull, adjectivedumb, adjectiveDVT, noundysentery, noundyslexia, noundyspepsia, noundyspeptic, adjectiveearache, nouneating disorder, nounEbola, nounectopic pregnancy, nouneczema, nounemaciated, adjectiveemasculate, verbembolism, nounemphysema, nounencephalitis, nounendoscope, nounenervate, verbenteritis, nounepidemic, nounepilepsy, nounepileptic, adjectiveepileptic, nounetiology, nounexcruciating, adjectiveexposure, nouneyeless, adjectiveeye strain, nounfail, verbfaint, nounfester, verbfever, nounfever blister, nounfevered, adjectivefeverish, adjectivefirst aid, nounfit, nounflat feet, nounflat-footed, adjectiveflu, nounfood poisoning, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounfracture, verbfracture, nounfrostbite, noungall, noungammy, adjectiveganglion, noungangrene, noungas, noungash, noungastric, adjectivegastritis, noungastroenteritis, nounGerman measles, nounget, verbgingivitis, nounglandular fever, nounglaucoma, noungnarled, adjectivegonorrhea, noungout, noungrand mal, noungraze, verbgraze, noungriping, adjectivegroggy, adjectivegrowing pains, noungrowth, noungush, verbgynaecology, nounhacking cough, nounhaemophilia, nounhaemophiliac, nounhaemorrhage, nounhaemorrhage, verbhaemorrhoids, nounhalitosis, nounhandicap, nounhandicapped, adjectivehangover, nounhard of hearing, adjectiveharelip, nounhay fever, nounheadache, nounhealth, nounheart attack, nounheartburn, nounheart disease, nounheart failure, nounheat exhaustion, nounheat rash, nounheatstroke, nounheave, verbhepatitis, nounhernia, nounherpes, nounHIV, nounhormone replacement therapy, nounhospital, nounhospitalize, verbhot flush, nounhousebound, adjectiveHRT, nounhump, nounhumpback, nounhunchback, nounhungover, adjectivehydrophobia, nounhypertension, nounhypothermia, nounhysterectomy, nounhysteria, nounhysterical, adjectiveillness, nounimmune, adjectiveimmune system, nounimmunity, nounimmunize, verbimmunology, nounimpacted, adjectiveimpediment, nounimpetigo, nounimpotent, adjectiveincision, nounincontinent, adjectiveincubate, verbincurable, adjectiveindigestion, nounindisposed, adjectiveindisposition, nouninfantile, adjectiveinfantile paralysis, nouninfect, verbinfected, adjectiveinfection, nouninfectious, adjectiveinfirmity, nouninflammation, nouninflammatory, adjectiveinfluenza, nouninfusion, nouningrowing, adjectiveinoculate, verbinoperable, adjectiveinsane, adjectiveinsanity, nouninsomnia, nouninsomniac, nouninstability, nounintensive care, nounintravenous, adjectiveinvalid, nouninvalidity, nouninvasive, adjectiveirregular, adjectiveirritable bowel syndrome, nounirritant, nounirritate, verbirritated, adjectiveirritation, noun-ism, suffixisolation, nounjaundice, nounjaundiced, adjectivejet lag, nounknock-kneed, adjectiveknotted, adjectivelaceration, nounlaryngitis, nounlegionnaire's disease, nounleper, nounleprosy, nounlesion, nounleukemia, nounlisp, nounlisteria, nounliverish, adjectivelockjaw, nounlong-sighted, adjectiveloose, adjectivelozenge, nounlumbago, nounlunacy, nounLyme disease, nounmad cow disease, nounmalady, nounmalaise, nounmalaria, nounmalformation, nounmalignancy, nounmalignant, adjectivemalnourished, adjectivemalnutrition, nounmange, nounmangy, adjectivemania, nounmanic, adjectivemanic depression, nounmastitis, nounME, nounmeasles, nounmedicinal, adjectivemegalomania, nounmegalomaniac, nounmelancholia, nounmelancholic, adjectivemelanoma, nounmend, verbmeningitis, nounmentally handicapped, adjectivemigraine, nounmild, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmole, nounmongol, nounmono, nounmononucleosis, nounmorbid, adjectivemorning sickness, nounmoron, nounmotion sickness, nounmotor neurone disease, nounMRI, nounMRSA, nounMS, nounmultiple sclerosis, nounmumps, nounmurmur, nounmusclebound, adjectivemuscular dystrophy, nounmute, adjectivemute, nounmyopia, nounmyopic, adjectivemyxomatosis, nounnarcolepsy, nounnausea, nounnauseate, verbnauseous, adjectivenearsighted, adjectivenervous breakdown, nounnettle rash, nounneuralgia, nounneurosis, nounneurotic, adjectivenosebleed, nounnotifiable, adjectiveNSU, nounobesity, nounoff-colour, adjectiveoperate, verboperation, nounophthalmic, adjectiveophthalmology, noun-osis, suffixosteoarthritis, nounosteopathy, nounosteoporosis, nounoutpatient, nounoverbite, nounpacemaker, nounpaediatrics, nounpale, adjectivepallid, adjectivepallor, nounpalpitate, verbpalpitations, nounpalsy, nounpandemic, nounparalyse, verbparalysed, adjectiveparalysis, nounparalytic, adjectiveparalytic, nounparanoia, nounparaplegia, nounparaplegic, nounparasitic, adjectiveParkinson's disease, nounparoxysm, nounpasty, adjectivepasty-faced, adjectivepathogen, nounpathological, adjectivepathology, nounpeaked, adjectivepeaky, adjectivepellagra, nounpeptic ulcer, nounperforated, adjectiveperiod pain, nounperitonitis, nounpernicious anaemia, nounpersecution complex, nounpestilence, nounpestilential, adjectivepetit mal, nounpharyngitis, nounphlebitis, nounphlegm, noun-phobic, suffixphysiotherapy, nounpigeon-toed, adjectivepins and needles, nounplacebo, nounplague, nounplaque, nounplaster cast, nounpleurisy, nounPMS, nounPMT, nounpneumonia, nounpockmark, nounpockmarked, adjectivepoisoning, nounpolio, nounpolyp, nounpoor, adjectivepost-traumatic stress disorder, nounpremenstrual tension, nounprescribe, verbprescription, nounpreventive medicine, nounprickle, verbprickly heat, nounprognosis, nounprolapse, nounprophylactic, adjectiveprophylactic, nounprophylaxis, nounpsoriasis, nounpsychopath, nounpsychosis, nounpsychosomatic, adjectivepsychotic, adjectivepuffy, adjectivepull, verbpurulent, adjectivepus, nounpustule, nounqueasy, adjectiverabid, adjectiverabies, nounradiation sickness, nounradiography, nounrash, nounraw, adjectivereact, verbreaction, nounreceive, verbrecuperate, verbrecuperative, adjectiveregurgitate, verbrelapse, verbremission, nounrepetitive strain injury, nounresistance, nounrespond, verbretch, verbRhesus factor, nounrheumatic, adjectiverheumatic fever, nounrheumatism, nounrheumatoid arthritis, nounrickets, nounringworm, nounRSI, nounrubella, nounrun-down, adjectiverunny, adjectiverupture, nounsaddle-sore, adjectivesalmonella, nounscab, nounscabby, adjectivescabies, nounscald, verbscald, nounscaly, adjectivescar, nounscar, verbscarlet fever, nounschizophrenia, nounsciatica, nounsclerosis, nounscrape, verbscrape, nounscratch, nounscurvy, nounseasick, adjectiveseizure, nounself-examination, nounsenile, adjectivesenile dementia, nounsenseless, adjectivesepsis, nounseptic, adjectivesepticaemia, nounserum, nounset, verbsexually transmitted disease, nounshell shock, nounshell-shocked, adjectiveshingles, nounshock, nounshort-sighted, adjectivesickle-cell anaemia, nounsickly, adjectivesickness, nounside effect, nounsightless, adjectivesimple fracture, nounsleeping sickness, nounslipped disc, nounsmallpox, nounsnakebite, nounsnow blindness, nounsore, adjectivesore, nounspastic, adjectivespecial needs, nounspecimen, nounspina bifida, nounsprain, verbsputum, nounsquint, verbsquint, nounstammer, nounstarvation, nounstarve, verbSTD, nounstomachache, nounstone, nounstrain, nounstrain, verbstrangulated, adjectivestrep throat, nounstroke, nounsty, nounsuccumb, verbsufferer, nounsunstroke, nounsuperbug, nounsurgical, adjectiveswelling, nounswollen, adjectivesymptom, nounsymptomatic, adjectivesyndrome, nounsyphilis, nounTB, nountear, verbtetanus, nountherapeutic, adjectivetherapy, nounthrombosis, nounthrush, nountic, nountight, adjectivetingle, verbtinnitus, nountipsy, adjectivetonsillitis, nountoothache, nountorment, nountourniquet, nountoxaemia, nountoxic shock syndrome, nountraction, nountransfusion, nountrauma, nountravel sickness, nountreatment, nountremor, nountuberculosis, nountumour, nountunnel vision, nountwinge, nountwitch, nountyphoid, nountyphus, nounulcer, nounulcerate, verbultrasound, noununderweight, adjectiveundressed, adjectiveunhealthy, adjectiveuntreated, adjectivevaccinate, verbvaccine, nounvaricose veins, nounVD, nounvenereal disease, nounverruca, nounvertigo, nounviral, adjectivevirology, nounvirulent, adjectivevomit, verbvomit, nounwart, nounweak, adjectiveweal, nounweep, verbwheeze, verbwheeze, nounwheezy, adjectivewhiplash, nounwhooping cough, nounwind, nounwithered, adjectivewound, nounwrench, verbwriter's cramp, nounyaws, nounyeast infection, nounyellow fever, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs a patient who is exhibiting classic symptoms of mental illness Children are just as susceptible to psychosomatic conditions as adults.
1something wrong with your body or mind which shows that you have a particular illnesssymptom of· Many people with the disease have no symptoms.
· I had suffered mild symptoms of asthma as a child.
· The doctor said he showed symptoms of meningitis.
formal (=show symptoms)· She was displaying symptoms of stress.
· Make a note of which foods cause the symptoms, and which do not.
formal (=make them less severe)· Take aspirin to relieve the symptoms, and keep warm.
formal (=they do not stop)· If the symptoms persist, see your doctor.
· The symptoms should disappear after a few days.
adjectives· Depressed people often complain of physical symptoms such as headaches.
· If the baby develops severe symptoms, call 911.
· The damage can be detected by a scan even where there are only mild symptoms.
· By far the most common symptom of caffeine withdrawal is headache.
(=a typical symptom)· These are all classic symptoms of hay fever.
(=symptoms you get when you stop taking a substance)· People who try to give up smoking usually get withdrawal symptoms.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=physical signs that someone has a disease)· To begin with, there are often no symptoms of the disease.
a patient who is exhibiting classic symptoms of mental illness· Symptoms of the illness include vomiting and severe headaches.
Children are just as susceptible to psychosomatic conditions as adults.· Drinking a pint of water should help to relieve the symptoms.
· Headaches, migraines, and irritability are all signs of stress.· The effects of stress are subtle and sometimes difficult to see.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Pneumonia was the clinical symptom most strongly associated with seroconversion among drug users.· The clinical symptoms of magnesium excess or deficiency can be demonstrated to relate to this dependence.· None experienced side effects or clinical symptoms.· Patients with active colitis had clinical symptoms of urgency, loose stools, abdominal pain, and blood in the stool.· Epigastric pain was the main clinical symptom of duodenal ulcer disease: this was experienced by all patients before entering the study.· The commonest clinical symptom associated with V cholerae non-O1 infection is watery diarrhoea, mild to moderate in severity.
· No other significant association between gastrointestinal symptoms and a specific organism was found.· No subject, however, complained of nausea or any other gastrointestinal tract symptoms at any time during the submaximal plateau.· None of the healthy volunteers were taking any drug and none reported major gastrointestinal symptoms.· More recently a series of anecdotal reports suggested that colonic neoplasia might be missed in patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms or lesions.· Massive haematemesis or, less commonly, melaena, without previous gastrointestinal symptoms, is the typical presentation.· Overall severity of gastrointestinal symptoms influenced the final height centile as it had height velocity during the initial years of follow up.· The frequency of gastrointestinal symptoms was not consistently increased in patients harbouring specific infective agents compared with non-infected patients.· Therefore, we have investigated the presence and absence of different gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with and without intestinal infections.
· Although the mental symptoms could be a result of the physical ones, this seems unlikely.· Both physical and mental symptoms were relieved, sometimes within days of discontinuing the drugs.· It is much more important to look out for those strong, peculiar, characteristic symptoms and any mental or general symptoms.· Similarly, the effects of alcohol abuse are often mistaken for depression, again because the physical and mental symptoms are similar.· This would be an example of a mental symptom.· So mental and general symptoms carry greater weight when evaluating a case.
· One third of the patients had only mild symptoms after the initial treatment of their disease.· However, some patients continue to suffer milder symptoms.· Many patients are asymptomatic or have mild flu-like symptoms.· Fifty four children had intermittent or continuing mild symptoms not requiring further prednisone during the first year.· You may perhaps have some mild symptoms of the disease itself.
· Deep dyslexics exhibit several other reading symptoms too.· Parkinson's disease is a degenerative brain disorder that causes tremors and muscle rigidity among other symptoms.· No subject, however, complained of nausea or any other gastrointestinal tract symptoms at any time during the submaximal plateau.· The remedy picture may include a lot of other symptoms that are not in the case itself.· Two, who were most seriously ill with vomiting and other symptoms, were released after a week.· If they can't, it may be a matter of waiting to see if other symptoms develop.· Even with the other symptoms, the loss of a couple of pounds in a week seemed fine.· The patient was thin, desired salt, and has other symptoms allowing the selection of Nat.
· We have suggested that the experience of physical symptoms of anxiety result from stress.· What they are saying is that some women have physical symptoms premenstrually, and that definitely is not a mental illness.· From an assessment point of view this information establishes a baseline record of frequency of panic attacks or other physical symptoms.· We might well ask what such physical symptoms are doing in a manual of mental illness.· The physical symptoms occur as a result of too much oxygen and too little carbon dioxide.· We all have quite individualized menus of physical symptoms and what they mean to us.· It also helps the therapist identify antecedents, prominent physical symptoms, and catastrophic thoughts.· Impaired self-esteem, stress, physical symptoms.
· Psychiatric symptoms Further data concerning the prevalence of a variety of psychiatric symptoms are available from the health and lifestyle survey.· Indeed, his first patient was a Philadelphia man who suffered from epilepsy and psychiatric symptoms.· The psychiatric symptoms of complex partial seizures are said to be indistinguishable from those of true psychiatric disorders.· Limbic system disease, which causes both epilepsy and psychiatric symptoms.· Against this was a marked reduction in psychiatric symptoms, scores declining on average by 40 percent.· The authors' purpose in this paper was to attempt to dissect psychiatric symptoms and cognition in schizophrenia.· Organic has tended to mean obvious damage of some sort, producing psychiatric symptoms.
· We evaluated children's lung function and respiratory symptoms in relation to both length of gestation and the birth weight adjusted for gestational age.· An analysis of the 1987 survey was undertaken to estimate the dose-response relations of height and respiratory symptoms to passive smoking.· This was the sample used for the analysis of birth weight, gestational age, and respiratory symptoms.· Conclusions - Over half the children presenting to this referral hospital with respiratory symptoms were hypoxaemic.· The respiratory symptoms are its main indication for use.· Most epidemiological studies have not analysed respiratory symptoms in relation to birth weight and gestational age separately.· The mechanisms through which prenatal events influence lung function differ from those that affect respiratory symptoms in children.
· His sister already has severe symptoms.· The most anxious and most depressed kids had the most severe symptoms.· Some people suffer quite severe symptoms of feeling dizzy or faint if they go long periods without eating.· The real reason? Severe flu symptoms, he said.· The reduction was due to more severe symptoms with longer hospital stay in the supportive care group.· Future research in this field should also attempt to assess attributions before the more chronic and severe symptoms set in.· On DeMeester-Johnson clinical score, 15 of 25 patients had no reflux, while eight reported mild and two moderately severe symptoms.· Although we did not study any patients with severe symptoms, our findings seem to be clinically relevant.
NOUN· Visitors and holidaymakers who suffer from machine knitting withdrawal symptoms are welcome at the meetings!· But, of course, this only postpones the final reckoning and leads to more intense withdrawal symptoms later on.· Many of the children suffer drug withdrawal symptoms.· When you first stop taking caffeine, you may experience withdrawal symptoms.· It was more than a forewarning of withdrawal symptoms.· A heavy bout of drinking will produce temporary withdrawal symptoms as the brain and body strive to rebalance themselves.· It is not long before their imaginative faculties are reactivated and word-processing becomes a universal withdrawal symptom.· No withdrawal symptoms from prime-time fame?
VERB· Bee stings have been known to alleviate the symptoms of arthritis.· They can, however, be of real benefit in alleviating symptoms and side-effects.· A cold wet cloth placed on her cheeks will help alleviate the symptoms.· To alleviate the symptoms, about one in five diabetics in rich countries injects himself regularly with insulin.· This may be enough to alleviate the symptoms.
· Repeated attempts to provoke an attack may cause the symptoms to disappear altogether.· In multiple sclerosis it is the cholesterol-rich insulating layer that disintegrates and causes the symptoms.· Hahnemann discovered that certain remedies caused particular symptoms in a healthy person.· Syphilitic aneurysms cause most of their symptoms by pressure on surrounding structures in the chest.· It states that a substance causing certain symptoms in a healthy person can cure a sick person with the same symptoms.· As he progressed through food reintroductions he did not identify anything that caused symptoms.· Make a note of which foods cause symptoms and which do not.
· The way patients and their communities describe the symptoms also determines the type of help they will seek.· Well, could she describe his symptoms?· Explain why you are concerned, describing the patient's symptoms carefully, and ask for advice.· Or, putting it another way, it describes the symptoms, the effects, rather than the cause.
· Often a son or daughter will have been on the brink of a promising career when they developed their first symptoms.· Gradually developing hypertonicity produces less symptoms than that developing abruptly.· They are being urged to see their own doctors if they develop symptoms such as a persistent cough, sweating or weight loss.· But have I already developed any symptoms?· This would explain why most people fail to develop symptoms right at the beginning of the infestation.· This means we begin to develop symptoms which can lead to illness.· Although at the moment antibiotics are unable to treat E.coli, a new drug has recently been developed that fights the symptoms.· In the United Kingdom over 95 percent of males with acute, uncomplicated gonorrhoea will develop symptoms of some sort.
· She was displaying all the classic symptoms.· What you have are groups of people who display superficially similar symptoms for a variety of different reasons.
· Deep dyslexics exhibit several other reading symptoms too.· Betty Levin had been hospitalized for two weeks when her husband, Alvin, began exhibiting symptoms.· We now exhibit the same symptoms of the same disease, the loss of myth.· But when that remedy was given to a sick person exhibiting those same symptoms, it helped cure the person.
· Was I sure I wasn't experiencing any symptoms?· When you first stop taking caffeine, you may experience withdrawal symptoms.· Some people may experience symptoms shortly after infection.· While in the hospital, he experienced no further symptoms.· So it is the woman who will experience the first withdrawal symptoms.· I have a friend who experienced such symptoms, so I suggested she tried adding sugar to her tea.· First subjects are asked if they have experienced each symptom.
· The symptoms included memory lapses, depression, insomnia, daytime fatigue, slurred speech, confusion and migraine like headaches.· Rather, poor eyesight uncorrected by glasses and harshly taxed by use may produce symptoms of strain, including headaches.· Its symptoms can include the loss of your sense of humour.· Other symptoms of dyslexia can include difficulty in writing, calculating or even understanding the spoken word.· Initial symptoms include fever and mild sore throat.· Now her symptoms include thinking and memory problems, sleep disturbances, heart palpitations, dizziness and weakness, Lopez said.
· Whatever the cause, the presenting symptom is therefore one that manifests focal brain dysfunction.
· It is at this point that gonorrhoea may start to produce symptoms in the female.· Nonspecialists are often reluctant to diagnose depression, which can produce symptoms ranging from insomnia to pelvic pain, Thompson says.· Repression of these impulses may produce symptoms in the bowel region.· Gradually developing hypertonicity produces less symptoms than that developing abruptly.· Each contains histamine, which floods through the body producing symptoms including swelling, redness and cramps.· Rather, poor eyesight uncorrected by glasses and harshly taxed by use may produce symptoms of strain, including headaches.· Natural healing powers Our natural healing or life powers will cope with many of these stresses without ever producing any symptoms.· Organic has tended to mean obvious damage of some sort, producing psychiatric symptoms.
· These are useful in relieving some of the symptoms of underdevelopment.· Seldane was first introduced in 1985, the first prescription antihistamine to relieve hayfever symptoms without drowsiness.· A colostomy was performed in an attempt to relieve her large bowel symptoms, and subsequently closed.· But such a strategy would serve primarily to relieve some symptoms of poverty rather than its cause.· Estrogen replacement relieves such symptoms of menopause as hot flashes and night sweats, reduces bone loss and relieves vaginal dryness.
· The media campaign is only a small part of a huge and impressive effort to get people to report their symptoms.· For instance, there is a positive correlation between marital dissatisfaction and the reported intensity of premenstrual symptoms.· In the reported cases, the symptoms occurred on average about 76 days from the time patients began protease inhibitor therapy.
· However, he too began to show symptoms of the same terrible disease, which was incurable in those days.· The first died March 30, and a second was destroyed April 13 after showing symptoms of Ebola.· A carrier of hepatitis B is infectious to other people even if he or she does not show symptoms.· Then the cancer started to show new symptoms.· Three fine calves had shown symptoms of acute gastric pain, I had treated them and they had died.· High government officials began to show symptoms, as did chaste wives who had been infected by their straying husbands.· She had fallen ill following a dinner at her son's house and had shown symptoms of arsenic poisoning.· It shows frequent symptoms of hypochondria and neurasthenia.
· He suffered such terrible symptoms he tried to kill himself.· Second baseman DeShields, who is suffering from flu-like symptoms, returned to practice after missing parts of the previous two.· Hormones take the heat off Thousands of women suffer menopausal symptoms which could be relieved by a course of Hormone Replacement Therapy.· Of the survivors, none suffered recurrent symptoms after complete recovery.· Many of the children suffer drug withdrawal symptoms.· Each was admitted as suffering from schizophrenic symptoms.· However, some patients continue to suffer milder symptoms.· There are even humans who can carry Vibrio cholerae in their guts and suffer no symptoms.
· Herbal remedies tend to treat the symptoms, even if the actual cause is not known.· As a result, Berman treats the symptoms.· But too much debate focuses on measures to treat the symptoms of the malaise, rather than tackling the cause.· But such an approach is a classic example of treating symptoms of organizational dysfunction, rather than its root causes.· It's important for the whole family to be treated even if symptoms are not present, as infection occurs very easily.· There is only time for doctors with magic pills that treat the symptoms.
Common symptoms of diabetes are weight loss and fatigue.► see thesaurus at sign2a sign that a serious problem existssymptom of The disappearance of jobs is a symptom of a deeper socioeconomic change.COLLOCATIONSverbshave symptoms· Many people with the disease have no symptoms.experience/suffer symptoms· I had suffered mild symptoms of asthma as a child.show symptoms· The doctor said he showed symptoms of meningitis.display/exhibit symptoms formal (=show symptoms)· She was displaying symptoms of stress.cause symptoms· Make a note of which foods cause the symptoms, and which do not.relieve/alleviate symptoms formal (=make them less severe)· Take aspirin to relieve the symptoms, and keep warm.symptoms persist formal (=they do not stop)· If the symptoms persist, see your doctor.symptoms disappear· The symptoms should disappear after a few days.adjectivesphysical symptoms· Depressed people often complain of physical symptoms such as headaches.severe symptoms· If the baby develops severe symptoms, call 911.mild symptoms· The damage can be detected by a scan even where there are only mild symptoms.a common symptom· By far the most common symptom of caffeine withdrawal is headache.a classic symptom (=a typical symptom)· These are all classic symptoms of hay fever.withdrawal symptoms (=symptoms you get when you stop taking a substance)· People who try to give up smoking usually get withdrawal symptoms.