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symptom
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[ noun ] (medical) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)This is a common symptom and the cause usually is pressure on the nerve leading to the affected hand . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)We pointed_out that emotional excitement may lead to psychosomatic_disorders and neurotic symptoms , particularly in certain types of personality , but it is also known that the reliving of a strong emotion ( `` abreaction '' ) may cure a battle neurosis . Since strong nociceptive stimuli produce an experimental neurosis during which the animals fail to eat in the experimental situation , Wolpe thought that he could utilize the feeding pain antagonism to inhibit the neurotic symptoms through feeding . Although in both emotions sympathetic symptoms are present , different autonomic somatic patterns underlie aggression and anxiety , respectively , as indicated by the rate of the excretion of the catecholamines , the state of the muscle_tone , and the Mecholyl_test . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Eight or ten years ago , a_couple_of French hoods stole a priceless Khmer head from the Musee_Guimet , in Paris , and a week later crawled into the Salpetriere with unmistakable symptoms of leprosy . Related terms evidence pain effect diarrhea scar ketonemia bleeding fever atrophy abscess nausea swelling congestion cardiomegaly dizziness indigestion chill numbness fatigue pimple spasm gooseflesh bubo chloasma aura clubbing cyanosis albuminuria hyperlipemia haemoptysis apnea palsy hyperglycemia hypoglycemia jaundice eosinophilia rash eosinopenia paresthesia prodrome postnasal_drip glycosuria syndrome aminoaciduria monocytosis ochronosis heart_murmur hypocalcaemia heartburn palpitation ammoniuria menorrhagia crepitation_rale hypokalemia inflammation purulence hot_flash hypersplenism exophthalmos Jacquemier's_sign festination haemosiderosis ague dyspnea cough constipation hiccup gangrene furring wheeziness withdrawal_symptom areflexia alkalinuria steatorrhea stridor tinnitus meningism haemoglobinemia uratemia hyperlipaemia kayser-fleischer_ring keratomalacia kernig's_sign koplik's_spots hematuria lymphuria uricaciduria thrombocytosis word hypercalcaemia mononucleosis hypercalcinuria hypercholesteremia hyperkalemia ketonuria kaliuresis natriuresis hypoproteinemia hypernatremia hyponatremia hardening diuresis musca_volitans haemoglobinuria sneeze nebula pyuria eruption rebound_tenderness myoglobinuria oliguria rhinorrhea amenorrhea uraturia hiccup hydrophobia hyponatremia disease medicine |
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[ noun ] anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence
Used in print (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)Moreover , the dominance in parasympathetic action ( with reciprocal inhibition of the sympathetic ) at the hypothalamic level induces , by its peripheral action , the autonomic symptoms of sleep and , by its action on the cortex , a lessening in the reactivity of the sensory and motor apparatus of the somatic nervous_system . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)Defining sobriety in the limited sense of being free from the clinical symptoms of the effects of alcohol ingested and not_yet eliminated from the system , you are sober . Related terms |
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