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constitutional symptom

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constitutional symptom
n.
A symptom indicating that a disease or disorder is affecting the whole body.

constitutional symptom,
a symptom that affects the general well-being or general status of a patient. Examples include weight loss, shaking, chills, fever, and vomiting.

symptom,
n any morbid phenomenon or departure from the normal in function, appearance, or sensation, experienced by the patient and indicative of disease. See also sign.
symptom, constitutional,
n symptom related to the systemic effects of a disease (e.g., fever, malaise, anorexia, weight loss).
symptoms, diagnostic signs and,
symptom, prodromal,
n the first observable indicator of an illness; the initial manifestation of a disease.


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