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FEATURED BOOKS ON SIGNS FROM BARNES & NOBLE.COM:
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2. One of many movements of the body or arms and legs that are used to express something and represent a language.
3. In psychology, something that represents a specific idea to the person who perceives it.
4. A symbol or abbreviation. Sign comes from the Latin word “signum” meaning “mark.”
1. Clear evidence of disease that can be measured or seen, such as a fever or a rash. Signs can be observed when examining patients and are often interpreted by doctors and nurses. Compare this definition of sign to a symptom, an indication of a disease that is reported by the patient but is not observed by others (unlike a sign), such as an itching sensation. Signs can occur together with symptoms. Syndromes are a group of signs and symptoms that occur together and have a common cause, representing a certain disease or inherited (passed on from the parents biological makeup) abnormality.
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