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 symptom ['sɪmptəm]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 症状, 征候, 征兆

[医] 症状




    symptom
    [ noun ]
    1. (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

    2. <noun.state>
    3. anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence

    4. <noun.communication>


    Symptom \Symp"tom\, n. [F. sympt[^o]me, Gr. ? anything that has
    befallen one, a chance, causality, symptom, fr. ? to fall
    together; sy`n with + ? to fall; akin to Skr. pat to fly, to
    fall. See {Syn-}, and cf. {Asymptote}, {Feather}.]
    1. (Med.) 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.

    Like the sick man, we are expiring with all sorts of
    good symptoms. --Swift.

    2. 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.

    Syn: Mark; note; sign; token; indication.

    1. The case of Victor Louis's liver is one symptom of the massive ailment afflicting Britain's National Health Service.
    2. Nausea seems a commonplace symptom.
    3. But he also said focusing solely on ethics rules is "treating the symptom, not the cause." "We have to change the method, the system, by which we elect public officials in our society and by which we finance and conduct campaigns," he said.
    4. Mr. Falon's first symptom of the paralytic shellfish poisoning, or PSP, was numbness in his lips.
    5. The GE refrigerator-compressor fiasco is a symptom of Jack Welch's management style.
    6. The Gulf's feeble defense is a symptom of a much broader disease: regional disunity.
    7. Writer Yuri Karyakin said he saw an "extraordinarily dangerous symptom" of continued government monopoly over social activity despite the reform movement of President Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
    8. Some traders saw the issue's popularity as a symptom of the lack of incentive to trade in most of the rest of the market.
    9. Dutch scientists have concluded that the antiviral drug AZT may prevent, rather than simply alleviate, a common symptom of AIDS.
    10. But among the advanced capitalist democracies, the UK system of government looks anomalous. One symptom is its pervasive centralism.
    11. The past chaotic year in the European exchange rate mechanism was one symptom of such stress.
    12. Still, economists say the general weakening of earnings at New England thrifts is the symptom of an inevitable slowing in the region's economic growth.
    13. The first symptom in two-thirds of cases is a red rash that develops days or weeks after a tick bite.
    14. But the treatment apparently did not cure the inflamation of muscles in the eye, a common symptom of Graves' disease.
    15. 'It gives us a very good platform for corporate America,' he says. UBS has been more cautious about developing a high profile in derivatives - a symptom, some say, of its slowness to exploit the strength of its balance sheet in international markets.
    16. Chamber of Commerce leader Guillermo Villalobos says the scandal is a symptom of something bigger.
    17. The recent world-wide collapse of the equity markets is merely the first serious symptom of this potentially fatal disease.
    18. The signals are radioed to a computer in Texas to help scientists determine whether the cracks are a symptom of the dome's instability or a natural response to structural stresses.
    19. 'They have had a lot of good years from us, and they should stick with us in the bad times,' says Mr George McGauchie, president of the GMB general union branch. The discord at Gates is a symptom of the sudden change in the UK pay climate.
    20. Medicare in 1987 began covering the eye health part of an optometric examination if prompted by a symptom or complaint.
    21. On Aug. 20, another symptom, called throttle stagger, developed.
    22. It is the same symptom that wipes out knowledge of children and grandchildren, but leaves childhood memories intact.
    23. Still, it prides itself on being virtually unique as a degree-awarding institution in retaining the designation 'school'; long may it continue. Do we find some symptom of that independence of spirit in this present project?
    24. But that announcement was a symptom of the very problem that Mr. Darman decries.
    25. The rippling effect of the parts plant strike is a symptom of a "just-in-time" delivery system embraced by automakers.
    26. That's yet-another symptom of Mr. Darman's national now-now-ism.
    27. One medical school dean says that's a symptom of the "lip service" that the nation has given to minority medical education.
    28. This shortfall is just one symptom of the disruptions in deliveries between factories, despite a variety of government incentives to facilitate the output of agricultural machinery.
    29. "The approach to this problem is not to give everybody and their mother-in-law vitamin B-12 shots at the drop of a symptom but to document that they are vitamin B-12 deficient and then treat them," Lindenbaum said.
    30. Although the blockade seemed to bring the jail to the edge of chaos, a union spokesman said it was a symptom, not a cause, of Rikers' malaise.
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