symptomatic
Origin of symptomatic
Related Words for symptomatic
symbolic, emblematic, characteristic, demonstrative, significant, suggestive, denotative, denotive, designative, associated, evidential, indicatingExamples from the Web for symptomatic
Contemporary Examples of symptomatic
But the most important thing to note, says Monroe, is that only those who are symptomatic are contagious.
That is why, like Lynndie England, Bradley Manning is symptomatic of a larger problem.
The CIA, he says, could “render” (i.e., kidnap) him at any time, which is highly unlikely but not symptomatic of the paranoid.
The spat may be symptomatic of mutual suspicion since the Arab Spring.
Michael Leitzmann, et al. “A Prospective Study of Coffee Consumption and the Risk of Symptomatic Gallstone Disease in Men.”
Historical Examples of symptomatic
They are symptomatic of an age, an evil age that is passing.
Hilaire BellocC. Creighton Mandell
But you promise to commence your symptomatic harangue on the morrow?
Bibliomania; or Book-MadnessThomas Frognall Dibdin
What cases of chloasma are included in the symptomatic group?
Essentials of Diseases of the SkinHenry Weightman Stelwagon
The history of the universe is symptomatic, and life is mnemonical.
It is symptomatic of healthy action, and ought not to be checked.
Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the MillionSarah Josepha Hale
symptomatic
- (often foll by of) being a symptom; indicativesymptomatic of insanity
- of or relating to a symptom or symptoms
- according to symptomsa symptomatic analysis of a case
Word Origin and History for symptomatic
1690s, from French symptomatique or directly from Late Latin symptomaticus, from symptomat-, stem of symptoma (see symptom). Related: Symptomatical (1580s).
symptomatic
(sĭm′tə-măt′ĭk, sĭmp′-)- Of, relating to, or based on symptoms.
- Constituting a symptom, as of a disease.