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/me not a MD, and from UK, not America. I have always understood symptoms to be the patient's reported experience; and signs to be observable manifestations of
by denton-scratch 4y ago
/me not a MD, and from UK, not America.
I have always understood symptoms to be the patient's reported experience; and signs to be observable manifestations of a condition. So yes, a symptom is by definition not observable, and therefore "oxymoron" is correct.