(adj) relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms, Example:symptomatic relief; symptomatic treatment; a symptomatic classification of diseases
(adj) characteristic or indicative of a disease, Syn. symptomatic, Example:a diagnostic sign of yellow fever; a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever; symptomatic of insanity; a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown
(adj) of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared, Syn. presymptomatic
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
{ } a. [ Cf. F. symptomatique, Gr. &unr_; 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 ]