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Symptoms ˈsɪmptəm Noun Include Headache Sore Throat Persist

Word3 symptom
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈsɪmptəm/ /ˈsɪmptəm/
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  • symptoms include a headache and sore throat.
  • if symptoms persist, consult your doctor.
  • to experience symptoms of anxiety and depression
  • to show/develop symptoms of illness
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symptom

(noun)/ˈsɪmptəm/ /ˈsɪmptəm/
  1. a change in your body or mind that shows that you are not healthy
    • Symptoms include a headache and sore throat.
    • If symptoms persist, consult your doctor.
    • to experience symptoms of anxiety and depression
    • to show/develop symptoms of illness
    • to relieve/alleviate symptoms

    Extra Examples

    • She was hospitalized with extreme flu-like symptoms.
    • 40% of patients were treated within three hours of the onset of symptoms.
    • Can you describe your symptoms?
    • Cigarettes can aggravate the symptoms of a cold.
    • Not all carriers of the disease develop symptoms.
    • Nurses are taught how to identify and treat the symptoms of poisoning.
    • She had all the classic symptoms of the disorder.
    • The patient was admitted presenting with flu symptoms.
    • These virus infections display obvious visual symptoms.
    • after two symptom-free years
    • the physical symptoms that are the result of stress
    • Look out for symptoms of depression.
  2. a sign that something exists, especially something bad
    • SYNONYM indication
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/indication
    • The rise in inflation was just one symptom of the poor state of the economy.
    • Their relationship was obviously failing, but they just ignored the symptoms.

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English synthoma, from medieval Latin, based on Greek sumptōma ‘chance, symptom’, from sumpiptein ‘happen’; later influenced by French symptome.
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