SYMPTOM
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Symp"tom (?), n. [F. sympt&ô;me, Gr. &unr_; anything that has befallen one, a chance, causality, symptom, fr. &unr_; to fall together; sy`n with + &unr_; to fall; akin to Skr. pat to fly, to fall. See Syn-, and cf. Asymptote, Feather.] 1. (Med.) Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited.
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Like the sick man, we are expiring with all sorts of good symptoms.
Swift.
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2. A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue.
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Syn. -- Mark; note; sign; token; indication.
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