symptomatic
IPA: sɪmptʌmˈætɪk
noun
- A person exhibiting the symptoms of an illness.
adjective
- (medicine) Showing symptoms.
- (by extension) Constituting a symptom or indication; characteristic, indicative.
- (medicine) Of a treatment, that only affects the symptoms of a disease without targeting the underlying cause.
- (medicine) Relating to symptomatics.
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Examples of "symptomatic" in Sentences
- The treatment is largely symptomatic.
- He became symptomatic and went to the ER.
- The majority of time treatment is symptomatic.
- It is just symptomatic of the major problem here.
- It's petty foolishness and is symptomatic of clannish myopia.
- It is symptomatic of the collective deficit of trust in the society.
- The treatment is symptomatic and largely the same as with diclofenac.
- Symptomatic treatment can be given in the form of blood transfusions.
- But his action is symptomatic of a contempt for the authority of arbcom.
- Chronic injuries as a result of the falls are symptomatic of the disorder.