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/

• (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)

1. (medicine) symptom (indicator of disease or disorder)
2. (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