n. | 1. | (Med.) Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; |
2. | A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; |
Noun | 1. | symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease |
2. | symptom - anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence |