symptomatic

IPA: sɪmptʌmˈætɪk

(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.

Examples of "symptomatic" in Sentences

So, you know, a lot of the treatment for this is what we call symptomatic treatment.
Sometimes shenpa is so strong that we're willing to die getting this short-term symptomatic relief.
(NSAIDs / NSAIAs) are effective for short-term symptomatic relief in patients with acute low back pain.
The three characteristics are what the psychologists describe as symptomatic of the classic psychopath.
We probably could do a better job of diagnosing it in symptomatic patients, especially those who have been given the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome.
Results of a recent clinical trial by a team of researchers in Madrid suggest that local steroid injection is just as effective as surgery for the long-term symptomatic relief of carpal tunnel syndrome - for a year, at least - and actually more effective over the short term.
Leaders of the foundation said their goal is to do away with structural racism, which they described as symptomatic of the wide swath of racial disparities inherent in health outcomes for minorities, the achievement gap in the education system and the disproportionate number of minorities who are imprisoned.