symptom
noun
any phenomenon or circumstance accompanying something and serving as evidence of it.
symptoms
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pluralof symptom.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"When the Europeans had finished, I had this huge rest and the symptoms were just piling on. Things were getting worse and worse," Dobbin says.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Other symptoms include mild dementia that involves short-term memory loss, a lack of interest in daily activities and difficulty completing routine tasks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Embassy in Havana began reporting strange sounds and feelings of nausea and brain fog, a cluster of symptoms that became known as Havana syndrome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
He also saw what caused the false alarm: The Spanish translation of how to distinguish expected acid reflux from possible heart attack symptoms was clumsy and confusing.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
I mean, I figured—I know how to google symptoms online—but to hear a professional say it was weird.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
