symptoms, illness
症 centers on the observable signs of a medical condition: the symptoms and the illness itself. It refers to the outward manifestation of a disease.
症 combines 疒 (sickness) with 正, which likely contributes the sound ショウ. The character expresses the idea of a disease's symptoms or condition.
The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 正, like a disease taking hold of the body. The symptoms are the visible signs that something is not right.
For ショウ, imagine a doctor showing you the symptoms on a chart: show -> ショウ, and the sickness is revealed.
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illness; condition; -pathy
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
syndrome
outbreak of an illness; onset of a condition; appearance of symptoms
serious illness
phobia; morbid fear
inflammation; irritation
autism
prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela
case
sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness
complication
angina pectoris
symptomatic therapy; allopathy
symptom
illness that one had in the past; previous illness; medical history; anamnesis
dependence (on alcohol, drugs, etc.)
infectious disease; infection
COVID-19; coronavirus disease 2019
hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
dementia