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Noun: symptom  simp-tum
  1. (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
     
  2. Anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence

Derived forms: symptoms

Type of: evidence, grounds, indicant, indication

Part of: disease

Encyclopedia: Symptom