definition for symptoms
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- Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  symptom(noun) (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease. 2  symptom(noun) anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence.
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pain An unpleasant feeling occurring as a result of injury or disease, usually localized in some part of the body: felt pains in his chest. b. Bodily suffering characterized by such feelings: drugs to treat pain.
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- Negative symptoms: “Negative” symptoms are associated with disruptions to normal emotions and behaviors. 1  Symptoms include: “ 2 Flat affect” (reduced expression of emotions via facial expression or voice tone) 3  Reduced feelings of pleasure in everyday life. 4  Difficulty beginning and sustaining activities. 5  Reduced speaking.
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- LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. noun. The definition of a disease is an illness or sickness with specific, well-defined symptoms that affects a person, plant or animal. An example of a disease is cancer.isease. 1  any departure from health; illness in general. 2  a particular destructive process in an organ or organism, with a specific cause and characteristic symptoms; specif., an illness; ailment. 3  any harmful or destructive condition, as of society.
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- Symptoms of testicular cancer. A symptom is something the patient feels or reports, while a sign is something other people, including a doctor, may detect. For example, pain may be a symptom while a rash could be a sign. In most cases the patient finds the cancer himself.
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- 1 accession-Can be the onset of illness or a powerful feeling.. 2  allopathy, homeopathy-Allopathy is treatment to suppress the symptoms of illness using the principle of opposites, while homeopathy encourages, rather than suppresses, the body's reaction to an illness. 3  idiopathic disease-An illness of unknown cause.
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feeling Medical Definition of feeling. 1  1a: the one of the basic physical senses of which the skin contains the chief end organs and of which the sensations of touch and temperature are characteristic : touchb: a sensation experienced through this sense. 2  2: an emotional state or reaction guilt feelings.
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symptom Definition of symptom. 1a : subjective evidence of disease or physical disturbance; broadly : something that indicates the presence of bodily disorderb : an evident reaction by a plant to a pathogen.
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WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOM • withdrawal symptom (noun) The noun WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOM has 1 sense: 1. any physical or psychological disturbance (as sweating or depression) experienced by a drug addict when deprived of the drug
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pain The International Association for the Study of Pain's widely used definition states: Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.. In medical diagnosis, pain is a symptom.
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Definition of 'diagnosis' variable noun. 1  Diagnosis is the discovery and naming of what is wrong with someone who is ill or with something that is not working properly. 2  the identification of diseases by the examination of symptoms and signs and by other investigations. 3  an opinion or conclusion so reached.
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- Our Symptom Checker for children, men, and women, can be used to handily review a number of possible causes of symptoms that you, friends, or family members may be experiencing.There are many causes for any particular symptom, and the causes revealed in the symptom checker are not exhaustive. symptom is any subjective evidence of disease, while a sign is any objective evidence of disease. Therefore, a symptom is a phenomenon that is experienced by the individual affected by the disease, while a sign is a phenomenon that can be detected by someone other than the individual affected by the disease.
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diagnosis diagnosis. 1. Med. a. the identification of diseases by the examination of symptoms and signs and by other investigations. b. an opinion or conclusion so reached. 2. Biology a detailed description of an organism, esp a plant, for the purpose of classification.
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disease disease. noun. 1  An abnormal condition of a part, organ, or system of an organism resulting from various causes, such as infection, inflammation, environmental factors, or genetic defect, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs, symptoms, or both.isease. 1  any departure from health; illness in general. 2  a particular destructive process in an organ or organism, with a specific cause and characteristic symptoms; specif., an illness; ailment. 3  any harmful or destructive condition, as of society.
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- (sĭm′təm, sĭmp′-) n. 1. An indication of a disorder or disease, especially a subjective one such as pain, nausea, or weakness. 2. A characteristic sign or indication of the existence of something else: drought and erratic rainfall as symptoms of climate change.
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Disease A disease is a particular abnormal condition, a disorder of a structure or function, that affects part or all of an organism. The study of disease is called pathology which includes the causal study of etiology. Disease is often construed as a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs.
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- Definition: Symptoms are mood-incongruent if they are not consistent with a patient's current mood or at odds with current circumstances. For example: 1  Laughing when one's pet dies. 2  Believing one receives messages from God without having delusions of being a prophet or saint, etc.
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disease disease(s) (dizēz´) , n a definite deviation from the normal state characterized by a series of symptoms. Disease may be caused by developmental disturbances, genetic factors, metabolic factors, living agents, or physical, chemical, or radiant energy, or the cause may be unknown.
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- physical symptoms definition, physical symptoms meaning | English dictionary. Search also in: Web News Encyclopedia Images. physical. adj. 1 of or relating to the body, as distinguished from the mind or spirit. 2 of, relating to, or resembling material things or nature. the physical universe. 3 involving or requiring bodily contact.
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- A syndrome is a set of medical signs and symptoms that are correlated with each other and, often, with a specific disease.n other instances, a syndrome is not specific to only one disease. For example, toxic shock syndrome can be caused by various toxins; premotor syndrome can be caused by various brain lesions; and premenstrual syndrome is not a disease but simply a set of symptoms.
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diagnosis Definition of diagnosis for English Language Learners. : 1  the act of identifying a disease, illness, or problem by examining someone or something. : 2  a statement or conclusion that describes the reason for a disease, illness, or problem.
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symptom Definition of symptom. 1  1a : subjective evidence of disease or physical disturbance; broadly : something that indicates the presence of bodily disorderb : an evident reaction by a plant to a pathogen. 2  2a : something that indicates the existence of something else symptoms of an inner turmoilb : a slight indication : trace.
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Spells: In Search of a Cause Spells are a sudden onset of a symptom or symptoms that are stereotypic, self-limited, and recurrent. A spell involves both subjective perceptions and objective findings. In the assessment of patients who have spells, use of a systematic approach is important in determining the cause.
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ActualCures.com Moreover common definitions of disease say nothing about root causes of symptoms. There's no such thing as a symptom without a root cause of the symptom. A list of the two types of symptoms is not a definition of disease just as the definition of diabetes is not a list of the two types of diabetes. On this site, a disease is a label for a collection of symptoms stemming from the same root cause. The term illness is commonly used as a synonym for the term disease.
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sickness [dĭ-zēz´] a definite pathological process having a characteristic set of signs and symptoms. It may affect the whole body or any of its parts, and its etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown. For specific diseases, see under the specific name, as addison's disease. See also illness, mal, sickness, and syndrome.