Dictionary Entry
symptom
symptom is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited.
- 2noun
A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue.
- 3noun
anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence
- 4noun
(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
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