symptomatic
symp·tom·at·ic
adj \ˌsim(p)-tə-ˈma-tik\Definition of SYMPTOMATIC
1
a : being a symptom of a disease b : having the characteristics of a particular disease but arising from another cause <symptomatic epilepsy resulting from brain damage>
2
: concerned with, affecting, or having symptoms <symptomatic treatment> <a symptomatic patient>
3
: characteristic, indicative <his behavior was symptomatic of his character>
— symp·tom·at·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
Examples of SYMPTOMATIC
- <a fever's refusal to respond to antibiotics is symptomatic of a viral infection>
First Known Use of SYMPTOMATIC
1698
Related to SYMPTOMATIC
Synonyms: classic, diagnostic (also diagnostical), discriminating, distinct, distinctive, distinguishing, identifying, individual, peculiar, proper, characteristic, typical
Related Words: idiosyncratic; identifiable, pronounced, unmistakable; general, generic; common, normal, regular, usual; especial, particular, special, specific; archetypal (also archetypical), model, paradigmatic
Rhymes with SYMPTOMATIC
achromatic, acrobatic, aerobatic, anabatic, antistatic, aromatic, Asiatic, astigmatic, autocratic, automatic, bureaucratic, charismatic, cinematic, democratic, diplomatic, Eleatic, emblematic, enzymatic, Hanseatic, hieratic, Hippocratic, hydrostatic, kerygmatic, kleptocratic, melismatic, mobocratic, monocratic, morganatic, numismatic, operatic, phallocratic, photostatic, plutocratic, pre-Socratic, problematic, programmatic, systematic, technocratic, theocratic, thermostatic, undogmatic, undramatic
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