symptomatic

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

characteristic or indicative of a disease“a diagnostic sign of yellow fever”“a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever”“symptomatic of insanity”“a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown”Synonyms: diagnostic
relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms“symptomatic relief”“symptomatic treatment”“a symptomatic classification of diseases”

Symptomatic \Symp`tom*at"ic\, Symptomatical \Symp`tom*at"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. symptomatique, Gr. ? 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] -- Symp`tom*at"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]