sintoma

See also: síntoma

Portuguese

Alternative forms

simptoma (obsolete)
symptoma (obsolete)

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)

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

Synonyms

(indicator of the presence of something else): evidência, indício, prenúncio, presságio, sinal

Related terms

assintomático
sintomaticamente
sintomático
sintomatismo
sintomatista
sintomatizar
sintomatologia
sintomatológico
sintomatologista

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