(adj) relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms, Example:symptomatic relief; symptomatic treatment; a symptomatic classification of diseases
{ } 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 ]