symptom

  1. Noun.  (medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.
  2. Noun.  Anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.

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