symptomatic

[ simp-tuh-mat-ik ]

/ ˌsɪmp təˈmæt ɪk /

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adjective

of the nature of or constituting a symptom; indicative (often fol by of): a condition symptomatic of cholera; a disagreement that was symptomatic of the deterioration in their relationship.

according to symptoms: a symptomatic classification of disease.

Nearby words

symposiast, symposium, symptom, symptom complex, symptom formation, symptomatic, symptomatic anthrax, symptomatic porphyria, symptomatic pruritus, symptomatic reaction, symptomatize

Sometimes symp·to·mat·i·cal.

Origin of symptomatic

1690–1700; < Medieval Latin symptōmaticus, equivalent to Late Latin symptōmat- (stem of symptōma) symptom + -icus -ic

Related forms

symp·to·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·symp·to·mat·ic, adjectivepre·symp·to·mat·ic, adjectivepseu·do·symp·to·mat·ic, adjective

un·symp·to·mat·ic, adjectiveun·symp·to·mat·i·cal, adjectiveun·symp·to·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for symptomatic

But the most important thing to note, says Monroe, is that only those who are symptomatic are contagious.
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That is why, like Lynndie England, Bradley Manning is symptomatic of a larger problem.
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The CIA, he says, could “render” (i.e., kidnap) him at any time, which is highly unlikely but not symptomatic of the paranoid.
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Michael Leitzmann, et al. “A Prospective Study of Coffee Consumption and the Risk of Symptomatic Gallstone Disease in Men.”
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In fact, once you get used to it, you may come to view it as symptomatic of underlying Truth: that life is miraculous, after all.
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As a symptomatic disease, it is occasionally met with in diabetes and in grave cerebral and spinal affections.
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The conditions in New York are symptomatic of those obtaining generally, in country as well as city.
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But the changes going on at the surface were only symptomatic of those occurring beneath.
The Story of the Earth and Man|J. W. Dawson
The former is symptomatic of health and strength, the latter of debility and disease.
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2 (of 4)|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Anything else seems to be not only un-American, but as symptomatic of an attitude which will cost grave trouble if persevered in.
Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore Roosevelt

British Dictionary definitions for symptomatic

symptomatic

/ (ˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk) /

adjective

(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

Derived Formssymptomatically, adverb

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Word Origin and History for symptomatic

symptomatic

adj.

1690s, from French symptomatique or directly from Late Latin symptomaticus, from symptomat-, stem of symptoma (see symptom). Related: Symptomatical (1580s).

Medicine definitions for symptomatic

symptomatic

[ sĭm′tə-măt′ĭk, sĭmp′- ]

adj.

Of, relating to, or based on symptoms.

Constituting a symptom, as of a disease.

symptomatic

adjective

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Examples from the Web for symptomatic

British Dictionary definitions for symptomatic

symptomatic

adjective

Word Origin and History for symptomatic

symptomatic

Medicine definitions for symptomatic

symptomatic

adj.