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symptom vs wasting

wasting vs symptom

symptom and wasting both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
symptom Yes No No No
wasting Yes No No No
As nouns, wasting is a hyponym of symptom; that is, wasting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than symptom:
  • symptom: (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
  • wasting: a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
Other hyponyms of symptom include crepitation rale, hypermenorrhea, menorrhagia, alkalinuria, alkaluria, eosinopenia, haemoglobinemia, hemoglobinemia, haemoptysis, hemoptysis, hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia, albuminuria, proteinuria, aminoaciduria, ammoniuria, Jacquemier's sign, Kayser-Fleischer ring, keratomalacia, Kernig's sign, acetonemia, ketonemia, ketosis, Koplik's spots, glycosuria, lymphuria, monocytosis, thrombocytosis, ochronosis, hypercalcaemia, hypercalcemia, hypocalcaemia, hypocalcemia, hypercalcinuria, hypercalciuria, hypercholesteremia, hypercholesterolemia, hyperkalemia, hypokalemia, kaliuresis, kaluresis, natriuresis, hypoproteinemia, hypernatremia, hyponatremia, hypersplenism, acetonuria, ketoaciduria, ketonuria, amenia, amenorrhea, amenorrhoea, aura, chloasma, mask of pregnancy, melasma, clubbing, cyanosis, diuresis, prodroma, prodrome, syndrome, effect, abscess, purulence, purulency, exophthalmos, festination, furring, haematuria, hematuria, haemoglobinuria, hemoglobinuria, haemosiderosis, hemosiderosis, nebula, sneeze, sneezing, sternutation, lump, puffiness, swelling, bubo, palsy, pyuria, hyperglycaemia, hyperglycemia, hypoglycaemia, hypoglycemia, icterus, jaundice, congestion, eruption, numbness, hurting, pain, paraesthesia, paresthesia, haemorrhoid, hemorrhoid, piles, postnasal drip, cardiomegaly, enlarged heart, megacardia, megalocardia, cardiac murmur, heart murmur, murmur, palpitation, heartburn, pyrosis, flush, hot flash, dyspepsia, indigestion, stomach upset, upset stomach, inflammation, redness, rubor, chill, shivering, ague, chills and fever, cough, coughing, hiccough, hiccup, singultus, meningism, nausea, sickness, cramp, muscle spasm, spasm, cicatrice, cicatrix, scar, hardening, floater, musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spots, febricity, febrility, fever, feverishness, pyrexia, atrophy, wasting away, apnea, dyspnea, dyspnoea, constipation, irregularity, diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness, looseness of the bowels, dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness, vertigo, anaemia, anemia, wheeziness, withdrawal symptom, hydrophobia, areflexia, myoglobinuria, oliguria, eosinophilia, rhinorrhea, steatorrhea, stridor, tinnitus, uratemia, uraturia, uricaciduria.
symptom (noun) wasting (noun)
anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
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