sintoma

See also: síntoma

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, a happening, accident, symptom), from stem of συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, Ι befall), from συν- (sun-, together) + πίπτω (píptō, I fall).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sĩ.ˈto.ma/, /sĩ.ˈto.mɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sĩ.ˈto.mɐ/
  • Hyphenation: sin‧to‧ma

Noun

sintoma m (plural sintomas)

  1. (medicine) symptom (indicator of disease or disorder)
  2. (figuratively) symptom (indicator of the presence of something else, especially of something bad)

Synonyms

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