any phenomenon or circumstance accompanying something and serving as evidence of it.
a sign or indication of something.
Pathology. a phenomenon that arises from and accompanies a particular disease or disorder and serves as an indication of it.
Origin of symptom
1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin symptōma<Greek sýmptōma occurrence, that which falls together with something, equivalent to sym-sym- + ptō- (variant stem of píptein to fall) + -ma noun suffix of result
Generally people were asked to stay home until they had more severe symptoms.
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The team looked at Google Trends data for searches on a range of symptoms that dated from January 20 to April 20 of 2020.
Google search data can help pinpoint COVID-19 hotspots before they flare up|Kat Eschner|September 15, 2020|Popular Science
LeBlanc, who has asthma, believes the symptoms she experienced while sick with the coronavirus were made worse by decades of breathing in toxic air pollution.
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The company said Wednesday that the vaccine trials had also been paused once before, earlier in the summer, after one of the trial volunteers developed neurological symptoms.
COVID-19 vaccine still on track for later this year despite trial pause, AstraZeneca CEO says|Jeremy Kahn|September 10, 2020|Fortune
A similar reaction, called Guillain-Barré syndrome, was associated with the 1976 flu vaccine, where one out of 100,000 people had an elevated risk of experiencing symptoms like muscle weakness or paralysis.
Here’s what pausing the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine trial really means|Aimee Cunningham|September 9, 2020|Science News
“Mistletoe infections can be a symptom of larger problems,” notes Shaw.
Mistletoe is the Vampire of Plants|Helen Thompson|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Within days of the first symptom, a headache, the patient was fighting for his life.
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Hannigan thinks that pretending to be a basketball player was a symptom of a larger confidence issue.
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But there is no evidence Duncan had a fever, a symptom of the Ebola virus, when he entered the country.
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As has been well documented, the first symptom of an Ebola infection is a fever.
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This religion of his is a symptom; all of his family have taken to it in the end.
Scribner's Magazine, Volume 26, July 1899|Various
Depression is often the only symptom; to some girls the premonitory "blues" signify the approach of the period.
The Social Emergency|Various
This annoyed him intensely and seemed to be the only symptom of his failing health which disturbed him.
L'Assommoir|Emile Zola
The thing carries itself to my maturer and gratified sense as with every symptom of soundness, an insolence of health and joy.
The Awkward Age|Henry James
The first symptom of meningitis is usually a stiffness of the muscles at the back of the neck.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
British Dictionary definitions for symptom
symptom
/ (ˈsɪmptəm) /
noun
medany sensation or change in bodily function experienced by a patient that is associated with a particular diseaseCompare sign (def. 9)
any phenomenon or circumstance accompanying something and regarded as evidence of its existence; indication
Derived forms of symptom
symptomless, adjective
Word Origin for symptom
C16: from Late Latin symptōma, from Greek sumptōma chance, from sumpiptein to occur, from syn- + piptein to fall
A subjective indication of a disorder or disease, such as pain, nausea or weakness. Symptoms may be accompanied by objective signs of disease such as abnormal laboratory test results or findings during a physical examination. Compare sign.