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symptomatic

symp·to·ma·tic

UK/ˌsɪmp.təˈmæt.ɪk/ US/ˌsɪmptʌˈmætɪk/ rare

adjective

1.

characteristic or indicative of e.g. a disease

  • “a diagnostic sign of yellow fever”
  • “diagnostic information”
  • “a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever”
  • “symptomatic of insanity”
  • “a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown”
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2.

relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms

  • “symptomatic relief”
  • “symptomatic treatment”
  • “a symptomatic classification of diseases”

Origin

Borrowed from French symptomatique, from New Latin symptomaticus, from Ancient Greek συμπτωματικός (sumptōmatikós, “of or pertaining to a chance (or a symptom), casual”), from σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a symptom”). By surface analysis, symptom + -atic.

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