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Swedish
Etymology
In the Swedish language since 1730. From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”).
Noun
symtom n
- (medicine) symptom
1888, Bernhard Meijer, Excelsior!, page 76 (433):Han tyckte sig ofta känna stickningar och beklämningar i bröstet, och den förfärliga slapphet, hvarur han ej med bästa vilja kunde rycka sig, var ju ett symtom, som ej kunde bortresoneras.- He often seemed to feel tingling and tightness in his chest, and the terrible weakness from which he could not pull himself with the best of intentions, was a symptom which could not be reasoned away.
- (figurative) symptom (indicator of something)
1843, Carl Anton Wetterbergh, Guvernanten. Får gå!, page 95:[…] "Mars francais, protecteur de la liberté du mond"; en löjlighet om man så tycker, men ett symtom att frankrike vid den tiden låg i själtåget, […]- "Mars francais, protecteur de la liberté du mond"; ridiculous one may think, but a symptom that France at that time lay on the death bed,
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The plural symtomer is also used colloquially.
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