symptom

symptom
noun
  1. (Medicine)a physical or mental feature which is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient: dental problems may be a symptom of other illness
    (医)症状。 比较sign (义项1)
    ■a sign of the existence of something, especially of an undesirable situation
    征兆(尤指令人不快的)
    the government was plagued by leaks—a symptom of divisions and poor morale.
    政府为泄密而苦恼——这是人心分散和士气低落的 征兆。
派生
symptomless
adjective
语源
  1. 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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