Symptom

The term symptom (from the Greek language ''syn'' = con/plus and ''pipto'' = fall, together meaning co-exist) has two similar meanings in the context of physical and mental health: * A symptom may loosely be said to be a physical condition which shows that one has a particular illness or disorder (see e.g. Longman, 1995). An example of a symptom in this sense of the word would be a rash. However, correctly speaking, this is known as a Sign (medicine), as would any indication detectable by a person other than the sufferer in the absence of verbal information from the patient. * A symptom properly speaking, is a sensation or change in health function experienced by a patient. In this, medically correct, sense of the word, it is a ''Wiktionary:Subjective'' report, as opposed to a sign, which is ''Wiktionary:Objective'' evidence of the presence of a disease or disorder. Examples of ''symptoms'' are Fatigue (physical)/tiredness, pain, or nausea. In contrast, hypertension, or abnormal appearance of the retina, would be a medical ''sign'' indicating the nature of the disease. ==See also== * List of medical symptoms ==Reference== * ''Longman dictionary of contemporary English'' (1995). Third edition. Medical terms Symptoms

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