SYMPTOMATIC


Meaning of SYMPTOMATIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsim(p)-tə-ˈma-tik ]

adjective

Date: 1698

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

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