symtom
Swedish
    
    Alternative forms
    
- symptom (dated)
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, […]
 
 
 
Declension
    
| Declension of symtom | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | symtom | symtomet | symtom | symtomen | 
| Genitive | symtoms | symtomets | symtoms | symtomens | 
The plural symtomer is also used colloquially.
Derived terms
    
- symtombild
- symtomfri (“symptom-free”)
- symtomgrupp (“symptom group”)
- symtomlös (“asymptomatic”)
- abstinenssymtom (“withdrawal symptoms”)
- sjukdomssymtom (“(figurative) sign of affliction”)
See also
    
- yttring (“manifestation”)
Further reading
    
- symtom in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
    
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