symptomatic
Pronunciation: /ˌsɪmp.təˈmæt.ɪk/
The English word “symptomatic” has 5 meanings listed here.
adjective
- 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
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.
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