|sim(p)tə|mad.]ik, -at], ]ēk adjective
Etymology: Late Latin symptomat-, symptoma symptom + English -ic
1.
a. : being a symptom of a disease
gummas symptomatic of syphilis
excessive drinking symptomatic of a psychiatric disturbance
b. : having the characteristics of a particular disease but arising from another cause
symptomatic epilepsy resulting from brain injury
— opposed to idiopathic or essential
2. : according to, concerned with, or affecting symptoms
symptomatic treatment
3. : characteristic , indicative
his behavior was symptomatic of his character
changes in the vegetation were symptomatic of greater geographical changes — W.E.Swinton
personality formation is symptomatic of both individual and social institutions — Abram Kardiner
• symp·to·mat·i·cal·ly ]ə̇k(ə)lē, ]ēk-, -li\ adverb