symptom

Definition

Examples

A sore throat is a common symptom of the flu.

Word Family

Synonyms

• indicationsomething that serves to indicate or suggest
• manifestationa clear appearance
• signa perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)

Collocations

• Easy flu symptoms
  describing flu symptoms (an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease)
• Medium treat the symptoms rather than the root cause
  to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, meaning to interact in a certain way
• Hard systemic cash shortages are a symptom of insolvency
  describing systemic cash shortages are a symptom of insolvency (affecting an entire system)
• Very Hard symptom of institutional rot festering within hierarchy
  describing symptom of institutional rot festering within hierarchy ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)