sintoma
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See also: síntoma
Portuguese
Alternative forms
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
- Rhymes: -omɐ
- 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)