Symptomatic \Symp`tom*at"ic\, Symptomatical \Symp`tom*at"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. symptomatique, Gr. ? causal.]

1. Of or pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; being a symptom; indicating the existence of something else. [1913 Webster]

Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

2. According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases. [1913 Webster] -- Symp`tom*at"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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symptomatic adj
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" [syn: diagnostic, symptomatic of(p)]
2: relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms; "symptomatic relief"; "symptomatic treatment"; "a symptomatic classification of diseases"

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Symptomatic \Symp`tom*at"ic\, Symptomatical \Symp`tom*at"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. symptomatique, Gr. ? causal.]

1. Of or pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; being a symptom; indicating the existence of something else.

Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper. --Macaulay.

2. According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases. -- Symp`tom*at"ic*al*ly, adv.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)