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Symptom

Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited.

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Abscess 76% connected

A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process.

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Ague 76% connected

An acute fever.

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Albuminuria 76% connected

A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

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Amenorrhoea 76% connected

Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.

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Anaemia 76% connected

A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.

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Anemia 76% connected

A condition in which the blood doesn't have enough healthy red blood cells.

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Atrophy 76% connected

A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part.

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Aura 76% connected

Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing e…

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Bubo 76% connected

An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.

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Cardiomegaly 76% connected

An enlarged heart.

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Chill 76% connected

A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.

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Chloasma 76% connected

A cutaneous affection characterized by yellow or yellowish brown pigmented spots.

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Cicatrice 76% connected

A cicatrix.

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Cicatrix 76% connected

The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts an…

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Clubbing 76% connected

of Club

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Congestion 76% connected

The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.

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Constipation 76% connected

Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.

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Cough 76% connected

To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner.

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Coughing 76% connected

of Cough

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Cramp 76% connected

That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

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Cyanosis 76% connected

A condition in which, from insufficient a/ration of the blood, the surface of the body becomes blue. See Cyanopathy.

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Diarrhea 76% connected

Alt. of Diarrhoea

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Diarrhoea 76% connected

A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels;…

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Diuresis 76% connected

Free excretion of urine.

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Dizziness 76% connected

Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.

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Dyspepsia 76% connected

Alt. of Dyspepsy

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Dyspnoea 76% connected

Difficulty of breathing.

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Effect 76% connected

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

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Eruption 76% connected

The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust.…

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Exophthalmos 76% connected

Alt. of Exophthalmus

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Festination 76% connected

Haste; hurry.

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Fever 76% connected

A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, t…

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Floater 76% connected

One who floats or swims.

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Flush 76% connected

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

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Furring 76% connected

of Fur

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Giddiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being giddy.

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Glycosuria 76% connected

Same as Glucosuria.

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Hardening 76% connected

of Harden

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Heartburn 76% connected

An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but is often a symptom of often…

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Hematuria 76% connected

Passage of urine mingled with blood.

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Hemoptysis 76% connected

The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.

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Hiccough 76% connected

A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glotti…

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Hurting 76% connected

of Hurt

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Hydrophobia 76% connected

An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:

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Icterus 76% connected

The jaundice.

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Indigestion 76% connected

Lack of proper digestive action; a failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficul…

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Inflammation 76% connected

The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.

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Irregularity 76% connected

The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.

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Jaundice 76% connected

A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the faeces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the…

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Lipaemia 76% connected

A condition in which fat occurs in the blood.

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Looseness 76% connected

The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.

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Lump 76% connected

A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.

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Melasma 76% connected

A dark discoloration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's disease.

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Menorrhagia 76% connected

Profuse menstruation.

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Murmur 76% connected

A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.

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Nausea 76% connected

Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.

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Nebula 76% connected

A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star cl…

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Numbness 76% connected

The condition of being numb; that state of a living body in which it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or motion.

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Pain 76% connected

Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.

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Palpitation 76% connected

A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.

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Palsy 76% connected

Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.

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Piles 76% connected

The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [Th…

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Prodrome 76% connected

A forerunner; a precursor.

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Puffiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being puffy.

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Purulency 76% connected

The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself.

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Pyrexia 76% connected

The febrile condition.

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Pyrosis 76% connected

See Water brash, under Brash.

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Pyuria 76% connected

A morbid condition in which pus is discharged in the urine.

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Redness 76% connected

The quality or state of being red; red color.

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Scar 76% connected

A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a pr…

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Shivering 76% connected

of Shiver

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Sickness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady.

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Singultus 76% connected

Hiccough.

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Sneeze 76% connected

To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membra…

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Sneezing 76% connected

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Spasm 76% connected

An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.

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Sternutation 76% connected

The act of sneezing.

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Stridor 76% connected

A harsh, shrill, or creaking noise.

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Swelling 76% connected

of Swell

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Syndrome 76% connected

Concurrence.

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Tinnitus 76% connected

A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also tinnitus aurium.

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Vertigo 76% connected

Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions, and the person…

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Wasting 76% connected

of Waste

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Evidence 76% connected

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

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Indicant 76% connected

Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.

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Indication 76% connected

Act of pointing out or indicating.

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Disease 70% connected

Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.

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