Definition of SYMPTOMATIC

symptomatic

Meanings

Plural: symptomatics

Adjective Satellite

  • characteristic or indicative of a disease
    • "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever"
    • "symptomatic of insanity"
    • "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown"

Adjective

  • relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms
    • "symptomatic relief"
    • "symptomatic treatment"
    • "a symptomatic classification of diseases"

Adj

  • Showing symptoms.
  • Constituting a symptom or indication; characteristic, indicative.
  • Of a treatment, that only affects the symptoms of a disease without targeting the underlying cause.
  • Relating to symptomatics.

Noun

  • A person exhibiting the symptoms of an illness.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

diagnostic

Scrabble Score: 22

symptomatic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
symptomatic is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
symptomatic is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 25

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