symptomatic

adjective symp·tom·at·ic \ ˌsim(p)-tə-ˈma-tik \

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Examples: symptomatic in a Sentence

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

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symptomatically

play \ˌsim(p)-tə-ˈma-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

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Examples of symptomatic in a Sentence

a fever's refusal to respond to antibiotics is symptomatic of a viral infection

Recent Examples of symptomatic from the Web

Within hours of Lands’ End supplying the new outfits to 64,000 employees, reports of symptomatic reactions began circulating on social media, Promo Marketing magazine reported.

— Fox News, "Delta's $20 million uniforms causing 'chafing,' 'irritation,' some employees claim," 7 June 2018
Since then, congressional investigations have only revealed symptomatic details that largely serve to confuse the event further.

— SI.com, "Ronaldo's 1998 Seizure & World Cup Final Appearance Remains One of Football's Greatest Mysteries," 1 June 2018
There have been 5,700 symptomatic cases of Zika since 2015 in U.S. states and 37,229 in U.S. territories, namely Puerto Rico, between 2015 and the beginning of May, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

— betsy mckay, WSJ, "Risk of Zika Infection From Blood Transfusion Is Low, New Study Says," 9 May 2018
However, these choices only offer symptomatic relief of the pain and discomfort associated with the tissue damage.

— NOLA.com, "Optimum Performance: PRP - A non-surgical option for mild joint trauma," 4 May 2018
The researchers confirmed the suspicion after inspecting three camel brains collected from symptomatic animals that arrived at a slaughterhouse in Ouargla, Algeria.

— beth mole, Ars Technica, "Camels in Africa may have been quietly spreading prion disease for decades," 26 Apr. 2018
The boardroom turmoil at two of the country’s most prominent companies is symptomatic of the clouds that are beginning to gather around the German economy.

— jack ewing, New York Times, "Volkswagen Set to Oust Matthias Müller as C.E.O. After Diesel Scandal," 10 Apr. 2018
Simple acoustic features of the short speech samples—including slower talking speed and longer pauses than healthy controls—pinpointed the symptomatic participants with 70 percent accuracy.

— anne pycha, Scientific American, "New Simpler Parkinson’s Tests Probe Walking, Talking, Typing," 1 June 2017
The symptomatic/infectious phase lasts about five to seven days for flu and about three days for the common cold.

— richard klasco, m.d., New York Times, "Am I Contagious?," 2 Mar. 2018

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