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symptom - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'symptom' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Symptom [ n.]
- 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.
- 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.