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symptomatic
[ simp-tuh-mat-ik ]
adjective
- pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- of the nature of or constituting a symptom indicative (often followed by of ):
a condition symptomatic of cholera;
a disagreement that was symptomatic of the deterioration in their relationship.
- according to symptoms:
a symptomatic classification of disease.
symptomatic
/ ˌɪəˈæɪ /
adjective
- often foll by of being a symptom; indicative
symptomatic of insanity
- of or relating to a symptom or symptoms
- according to symptoms
a symptomatic analysis of a case
Derived Forms
- ˌ⳾ٴˈپ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ⳾t·i·· adverb
- ԴDzȴ⳾·ٴ·i adjective
- ȴ⳾·ٴ·i adjective
- d·⳾t·i adjective
- ܲȴ⳾·ٴ·i adjective
- ܲȴ⳾·ٴ·i· adjective
- ܲȴ⳾·ٴ·i··ly adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of symptomatic1
Example Sentences
As far as they're concerned, he is symptomatic of "a bigger social problem".
He said while the fire was shocking and disturbing, he believed it was "symptomatic of a lack of investment in infrastructure from the previous government".
More worrisome: although active, or symptomatic, TB is a reportable disease, latent TB is not.
Anger is a disease that takes hold because the symptomatic violence is driven by one primary desire: not to feel alone.
But as the LA authorities begin to piece together what initially sparked the blazes, the speed with which those first flames became raging, rapidly spreading infernos is symptomatic of something happening far more widely.
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