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symptom

[simp-tuhm] / ˈsɪmp təm /


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And by the time the symptom surfaces, the damage is often irreversible.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The disease is almost always fatal if treatment doesn’t begin within 24 hours of the first symptom, particularly if it reaches the lungs as pneumonic plague.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The Kelvin wave is essentially both a cause and a symptom of El Nino, said Amaya, and originates in waters near Indonesia when trade winds die down.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The next barrier is that GPs often just note down the headaches as a symptom rather than diagnose migraine.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Neither member of the Adams team could ever comprehend this historical transition as anything other than an ominous symptom of moral degeneration.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

They had stressed that the Pope had shown no symptoms of infection or illness prior to the procedure.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Other symptoms include mild dementia that involves short-term memory loss, a lack of interest in daily activities and difficulty completing routine tasks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Embassy in Havana began reporting strange sounds and feelings of nausea and brain fog, a cluster of symptoms that became known as Havana syndrome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

He also saw what caused the false alarm: The Spanish translation of how to distinguish expected acid reflux from possible heart attack symptoms was clumsy and confusing.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

But her insistence that I was imagining my symptoms messed with my head even more.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi


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