症しょう候こう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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symptom; clinical sign

Medical term for a symptom or sign of a disease. More formal than 症状 (しょうじょう), which is the everyday word for symptom.

The early symptoms of this disease are fever and cough.

医い師しは患かん者じゃの症しょう候こうを詳くわしく観かん察さつした。

The doctor carefully observed the patient's symptoms.

症しょう候こうが現あらわれるfor a (clinical) symptom to appear
この病びょう気き特とく有ゆうの症しょう候こうが現あらわれることがある。
Symptoms characteristic of this disease can appear.
症しょう候こうを示しめすto exhibit a (clinical) symptom
患かん者じゃは特とく有ゆうの症しょう候こうを示しめした。
The patient exhibited characteristic symptoms.

症しょう状じょうN3
症状 is the common, everyday word for a symptom, while 症候 is a more formal term used mainly in medical writing or clinical descriptions.

兆ちょう候こうN1
症候 refers specifically to a clinical or medical sign of illness, while 兆候 is a general sign or indication of something (not necessarily medical), and the two words sound almost identical.

Sino-Japanese compound of 症 (しょう, 'disease, illness') and 候 (こう, 'sign, indication').

Conn's syndrome

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