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symptomless

American  
[simp-tuhm-lis] / ˈsɪmp təm lɪs /

adjective

  1. having or showing no symptoms.


Etymology

Origin of symptomless

First recorded in 1885–90; symptom + -less

Example Sentences

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That child tested negative for the disease, as did a symptomless adult and a symptomless adolescent in the house.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 2025

EBV -- a usually inactive, or latent, herpesvirus -- affects most of the human population; more than 90% of people carry the virus as a passive, typically symptomless infection.

From Science Daily May 28, 2024

"At any point she could have had a CT scan and it might have been picked up and repaired, but they're symptomless, so there's no way of knowing it was there," said Mrs Taylor.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2023

In other words, at-home antigen tests are more likely to give you a false negative, particularly if you’re symptomless, than a false positive.

From Seattle Times Dec. 24, 2021

The workers at Reston had had symptomless Ebola virus.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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