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ep·i·phe·nom·e·nons.
1.
Pathology
.
a secondary or additional symptom or complication arising during the course of a disease.
2.
any secondary
phenomenon
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Origin:
1700–10;
epi-
+
phenomenon
Related forms
ep·i·phe·nom·e·nal,
adjective
ep·i·phe·nom·e·nal·ly,
adverb
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epiphenomenon
(ˌɛpɪfɪˈnɒmɪnən)
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n
,
pl
-na
1.
a secondary or additional phenomenon; by-product
2.
pathol
an unexpected or atypical symptom or occurrence during the course of a disease
epiphe'nomenal
—
adj
epiphe'nomenally
—
adv
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"Esse est percipi, to be is to be perceived, said good old Berkeley; but, according to most philosophers, he was wrong. Yet, obviously, there are things for which the adage holds. Perception, trivially, to begin with. If elements of conscious awareness—pains, tickles, feelings of heat and cold, sensory qualia of colors, sounds, and the like—have any existence, it must consist in their being perceived by a subject.... This shows, of course, that such experiences are
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