症候
Meanings
1
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.
The doctor carefully observed the patient's symptoms.
Usage patterns
- 症候が現れるfor a (clinical) symptom to appear
Symptoms characteristic of this disease can appear.
- 症候を示すto exhibit a (clinical) symptom
The patient exhibited characteristic symptoms.