symp'tom

[G. symptom a; syn, with, + pidma(pipid), fall.] Any morbid phenomenon or departure from the normal in function, appearance, or sensation, experienced by the patient and indicative of disease. For the various symptoms and varieties of symptoms, see below and also under phenom.enon, reflex, sign, and syndrome, ab's tinence s., withdrawal s. acciden'tal s., any morbid phenomenon occurring in the course of a disease, but having no relation with it. acce '- ory s., a 'ident s., one which usually but not always accompanies a certain disease; distinguished from a pathognomonic s. character is'tic s., in homeopathy, a s. peculiar to or specially characteristic or pathognomonic of any drug, co-ncom'- itant s., acce ory s. consec'utiTC s., one that appears in the stage of decline or during convalescence, having, however, no nece ary connection with the original disease; an accidental sequel. constitu'tional »., a symptom indicating that the disease has become general, the toxins or other materies morbi being present in the blood, di ocia'tion s., see di ociation, drug s., in homeopathy, one of the unusual sensations or deviations from normal health experienced by a person who is proving a drug; it offers an indication, according to the doctrine of similars, for the therapeutic employment of the drug, equiv'ocal s., one which points definitely to no special disease, being a ociated with any one of a number of morbid states, esophagosarivaty s., an exce ive secretion of saliva occurring in certain cases of cancer of the esophagus, guiding »., characteristic s. induced' means—often s., one excited by a drug, exercise, or other intentionally for diagnostic purposes, keynote s., characteristic s, local s., one of limited extent caused by disease of a particular organ or part, lo'calizing s., one indicating clearly the seat of the morbid proce objec'tive s., one which is evident to the observer. pathogen'ic s., in homeopathy, one observed in the proving of a drug, and also one of the symptoms of poisoning by a drug, pathognomon'ic s., one which, when present, points unmistakably to a certain definite disease, pre 'ure s., paralysis, spasm, or other nervous s., caused by pre ure upon the spinal cord or brain, reflex s., a disturbance of sensation or function in an organ or part more or le remote from the morbid condition giving rise to it, as vertigo or headache due to eyestrain, signal s., the aura of epilepsy or other initial attack, subjec'tive s., one apparent only to the patient himself, sympathet'ic s., reflex s. withdraw'al symp'toms, abstinence symptoms, a group of morbid symptoms, predominently erethistic, occurring in a narcotic addict who is deprived of his accustomed dose of the drug.