Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word SYMPTOM

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Definitions of SYMPTOM

1. (medicine) 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.
2. (figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.

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Examples of Using SYMPTOM in a Sentence

• Antacids are available over the counter and are taken by mouth to quickly relieve occasional heartburn, the major symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease and indigestion.
• An antianginal is a drug used in the treatment of angina pectoris, a symptom of ischaemic heart disease.
• A common symptom is angina, which is chest pain or discomfort which may travel into the shoulder, arm, back, neck, or jaw.
• Introduced by a group of US clinicians in the mid-1970s, the term was adopted by the American Psychiatric Association for this symptom cluster under mood disorders in the 1980 version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III), and has become widely used since.
• Clanging (or clang associations) is a symptom of mental disorders, primarily found in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
• Fever or pyrexia in humans is a symptom of organism's anti-infection defense mechanism that appears with body temperature exceeding the normal range due to an increase in the body's temperature set point in the hypothalamus.
• The syndrome is named after cysts which form on the ovaries of some women with this condition, though this is not a universal symptom, and not the underlying cause of the disorder.
• These symptoms are usually followed by painful swelling around the side of the face (the parotid glands, called parotitis), which is the most common symptom of a mumps infection.
• In radiology, Canga's bead symptom is the irregular appearance of uterus and nodular structures in tuba uterina observed in patients with genital tuberculosis.
• Excess protein in the urine often causes the urine to become foamy (although this symptom may also be caused by other conditions).
• One proposed explanation is that these anxieties are a specific symptom of social anxiety produced by fearfulness related to the fight-or-flight response, which is produced by a perceived threat; this triggers an elevated defense reaction in the sympathetic nervous system to be alert, to run, hide or freeze.
• Hypochondriacs become unduly alarmed about any physical or psychological symptoms they detect, no matter how minor the symptom may be, and are convinced that they have, or are about to be diagnosed with, a serious illness.
• The main symptom of benign fasciculation syndrome is focal or widespread involuntary muscle activity (fasciculation).
• The most common symptom of bladder cancer is visible blood in the urine (haematuria) despite painless urination.
• Although the most obvious symptom is impairment of the limbs, functioning is also impaired in the trunk and pelvic organs.
• White's defense was that he suffered diminished capacity as a result of his depression, a symptom of which was a change in diet from healthy food to Twinkies and other sugary foods.
• Symptom management may be possible with therapeutic drugs such as orexin antagonists or melatonin receptor agonists, as well as regular outdoor exercise.
• Morning sickness, also called nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP), is a symptom of pregnancy that involves nausea or vomiting.
• The term is also used to describe cerebral achromatopsia, though monochromacy is usually the only common symptom.
• FTD is a common core symptom of a psychotic disorder, and may be seen as a marker of severity and as an indicator of prognosis.
• Medical professionals treating eating disorders have long noted that patients in recovery programs often "symptom pool", banding closely together for emotional support and validation.
• Bibliomania can be a symptom of obsessive–compulsive disorder which involves the collecting or even hoarding of books to the point where social relations or health are damaged.
• Avolition or amotivation, as a symptom of various forms of psychopathology, is the decrease in the ability to initiate and persist in self-directed purposeful activities.
• By contrast, anomia is a deficit of expressive language, and a symptom of all forms of aphasia, but patients whose primary deficit is word retrieval are diagnosed with anomic aphasia.
• Those with upper gastrointestinal and pancreatic cancers have the highest frequency of developing a cachexic symptom.

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