English English Dictionary

A sympodium.

of Sympodium

Composed of superposed branches in such a way as to imitate a simple axis; as, a sympodial stem.

An axis or stem produced by dichotomous branching in which one of the branches is regularly developed at the expense of the other, as in the grapevine.

of Symposium

Of or pertaining to compotations and merrymaking; happening where company is drinking together; as, symposiac meetings.

A conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet; hence, any similar gathering.

The master of a feast.

One engaged with others at a banquet or merrymaking.

A drinking together; a symposium.

A drinking together; a merry feast.

A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.

Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited.

A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue.

Alt. of Symptomatical

Of or pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; being a symptom; indicating the existence of something else.

According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases.

The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology.

A prefix meaning with, along with, together, at the same time. Syn- becomes sym- before p, b, and m, and syl- before l.

Alt. of Synacmy