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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

symptom ['sɪmptəm]
  1. 1. noun [c] [医] 症状
  2. 2. noun (indication) 征兆

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

symptom [ˈsɪmptəm]
  1. 1. n.[c] [Medicine] 症状
  2. 2. n.[c] 征兆征候

Collins English-English Dictionary

symptom ['sɪmptəm]
  1. 1. n [med] any sensation or change in bodily function experienced by a patient that is associated with a particular disease - Compare sign
  2. 2. n any phenomenon or circumstance accompanying something and regarded as evidence of its existence; indication
  3. 3. n [Etymology] C16: from Late Latin symptoma, from Greek sumptoma chance, from sumpiptein to occur, from syn- + piptein to fall

Examples

A decrease in consumer spending is a symptom of economic instability.
经济波动的征兆之一是消费性开支的萎缩。
慢性胃炎的症状之一就是气胀。
One symptom of chronic gastritis is flatulence.
为什么他会出现淋巴结肿大的异常情况?
Why does he have the abnormal symptom of swelling lymph nodes?
腹痛是患了腹膜炎后最常见的症状。
Abdominal pain is a common symptom of peritonitis.
症状
symptom

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