sintoma

See also: síntoma

Portuguese

Alternative forms

simptoma (obsolete)
symptoma (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom”), from stem of συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, “to befall”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩˈtõ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩˈto.ma/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩˈto.mɐ/

Hyphenation: sin‧to‧ma

Noun

sintoma m (plural sintomas)

(medicine) symptom (indicator of disease or disorder)
(figurative) symptom (indicator of the presence of something else, especially of something bad)
Synonyms: evidência, indício, prenúncio, presságio, sinal

Related terms

assintomático
sintomaticamente
sintomático
sintomatismo
sintomatista
sintomatizar
sintomatologia
sintomatológico
sintomatologista

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