Definition
症候 is a medical term for 'symptom' or 'disease'. It is more formal than the everyday word 症状, which is much more common for 'symptom'. You will encounter 症候 in clinical writing, diagnoses, and compounds like 症候群 (syndrome).
n.
symptomdisease
Examples
- 症候。Bìngrén chūxiàn le duō zhǒng zhèng hòu.The patient showed multiple symptoms.
- 症候。Zhè zhǒng zhèng hòu xūyào jìnyíbù jiǎnchá.This symptom requires further examination.
- 症候。Yīshēng gēnjù zhèng hòu lái pànduàn bìngyīn.The doctor determines the cause of the disease based on the symptoms.
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