
n. [ F. symptôme, Gr. &unr_; anything that has befallen one, a chance, causality, symptom, fr. &unr_; to fall together;
Like the sick man, we are expiring with all sorts of good symptoms. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, symptom + -logy: cf. F. symptomatologie. ] (Med.) The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ It includes diagnosis, or the determination of the disease from its symptoms; and prognosis, or the determination of its probable course and event. [ 1913 Webster ]