SYMPTOMS
Noun
symptoms
plural of symptom
Source: Wiktionary
SYMPTOM
Symp"tom, n. Etym: [F. symptĂ´me, Gr. pat to fly, to fall. See Syn-,
and cf. Asymptote, Feather.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition