symptomatic
adj.
of or pertaining to symptoms; indicative, typical, representative
Symptomatic
In
medicine, a
disease is symptomatic when it is at a stage when the patient is experiencing
symptoms. It is generally used in counterdistinction of
asymptomatic (when the disease is inapparent).Symptomatic treatment is the practice of treating a patient's symptoms, rather than the disease or injury itself.
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symptomatic
Adjective
1. characteristic or indicative of e.g. a disease; "a diagnostic sign of yellow fever"; "diagnostic information"; "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever"; "symptomatic of insanity"; "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown"
(synonym) diagnostic, symptomatic of(p)
(similar) characteristic
2. relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms; "symptomatic relief"; "symptomatic treatment"; "a symptomatic classification of diseases"
(pertainym) symptom
Symptomatic
(a.)
Alt. of Symptomatical
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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symptomatic
Having to do with symptoms, which are signs of a condition or disease.