English Explanatory Dictionary

symptomatic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Showing symptoms.
  2. Constituting a symptom or indication; characteristic, indicative.
  3. Of a treatment, that only affects the symptoms of a disease without targeting the underlying cause.
  4. Relating to symptomatics.
noun
  1. A person exhibiting the symptoms of an illness.

Pronunciation

/ˌsɪmp.təˈmæt.ɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-symptomatic.wav

Word forms

symptomatic more symptomatic most symptomatic symptomatick symptomatics

Etymology

Borrowed from French symptomatique, from New Latin symptomaticus, from Ancient Greek συμπτωματικός (sumptōmatikós, “of or pertaining to a chance (or a symptom), casual”), from σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a symptom”). By surface analysis, symptom + -atic.

Antonyms

asymptomatic nonsymptomatic

Derived words

asymptomatic monosymptomatic multisymptomatic neurosymptomatic nonsymptomatic oligosymptomatic paucisymptomatic polysymptomatic presymptomatic pre-symptomatic symblematic symptomatically symptomaticity unsymptomatic
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