symptomatic

English

Alternative forms

• symptomatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French symptomatique, from New Latin symptomaticus, from Ancient Greek συμπτωματικός (symptomatikos, “of or pertaining to a chance (or a symptom), casual”), from σύμπτωμα (sumptōma, “a symptom”); see symptom.

Adjective

symptomatic (comparative more symptomatic, superlative most symptomatic)

1. (medicine) (of a disease) Showing symptoms.
2. Relating to, based on, or constituting a symptom.

   The city's problems are symptomatic of the crisis that is spreading throughout the country.

   • Macaulay

     Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper.

Antonyms

• asymptomatic

Translations

showing symptoms

• Catalan: simptomàtic (ca)
• Dutch: symptomatisch (nl)
• Finnish: oireellinen (fi)

• Romanian: simptomatic (ro)
• Spanish: sintomático (es)
• Turkish: semptomatik (tr)

relating to a symptom

• Catalan: simptomàtic (ca)
• Dutch: symptomatisch (nl)
• Finnish: oireellinen (fi), leimallinen (fi)

• Polish: symptomatyczny (pl) m
• Spanish: sintomático (es)
• Turkish: semptomatik (tr)

External links

• symptomatic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• symptomatic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911