n. [ F. symptôme, Gr. &unr_; anything that has befallen one, a chance, causality, symptom, fr. &unr_; to fall together; sy`n with + &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like the sick man, we are expiring with all sorts of good symptoms. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Mark; note; sign; token; indication. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. symptomatique, Gr. &unr_; causal. ] 1. Of or pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; being a symptom; indicating the existence of something else. [ 1913 Webster ]

Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Symp`tom*at"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

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 ]