symtom
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- symptom (dated)
Etymology edit
In the Swedish language since 1730. From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”).
Noun edit
symtom n
- (medicine) symptom
- 1888, Bernhard Meijer, Excelsior![1], 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![2], 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 edit
| 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 edit
- symtombild
- symtomfri (“symptom-free”)
- symtomgrupp (“symptom group”)
- symtomlös (“asymptomatic”)
- abstinenssymtom (“withdrawal symptoms”)
- sjukdomssymtom (“(figurative) sign of affliction”)
See also edit
- yttring (“manifestation”)
Further reading edit
- symtom in Svensk ordbok.