symptom
/ˈsɪm(p)təm/ sustantivo B1En español: síntoma
- A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash; strictly, a symptom is felt or experienced by the patient, while a sign can be detected by an observer. · The doctor told that his coughing and sneezing was the symptom of standing for too long in the rain.· Swollen breasts, morning sickness, and a missed period are classic symptoms of pregnancy.
- A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable. · Lying, hiding one's true feelings, and having affairs are typical symptoms of a doomed marriage.
Plural symptoms
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He had been struck to the heart by a frightful recollection—the conversation he had heard between the doctor and Villefort the night of Madame de Saint-Méran’s death, recurred to him; these symptoms, to a less alarming extent, were the same which had preceded the death of Barrois.
Now, you must agree that these are indubitable symptoms of insanity.”
He gnawed his lip, drummed his fingers upon the table, and showed every other symptom of acute impatience.
On the other hand, the symptoms may be much more violent, and cause me to fall into fearful convulsions, foam at the mouth, and cry out loudly.
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