Definition of symptomatic
1a : being a symptom of a diseaseb : 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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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
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Through July 12, the CDC has reported 163 symptomatic Zika cases in U.S. States and 522 in U.S. territories in 2017.
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That may include people who are already in the hospital, many pregnant women, nonsurgical cancer patients, patients with end-stage renal disease, dialysis patients and symptomatic AIDS patients, according to the letter.
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Medical staff confirmed that the time at which the child became symptomatic would indicate that the perpetrator would have had to be either the mother or the paramour.
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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.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention documented over 100 cases of symptomatic Zika virus disease from 2015 to April 2017.
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Overall, 635 participants, 18 percent, developed symptomatic arthritis of the knee during the study period.
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The trend toward sedentary jobs is more broadly symptomatic of Seattle’s evolution from a more working-class town into an enclave of white-collar professionals.
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In the wake of the attack on Syria, an increasing number of media outlets have underscored how Trump’s myriad flip-flops could be symptomatic of a broader lack of competence or strategic vision.
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First Known Use of symptomatic
1698
SYMPTOMATIC Defined for English Language Learners
symptomatic
playDefinition of symptomatic for English Language Learners
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medical : showing that a particular disease is present
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: relating to or showing symptoms of a disease
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: showing the existence of a particular problem
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