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[ adjective ] characteristic or indicative of e.g. a disease

Examples

"a diagnostic sign of yellow fever" "diagnostic information" "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever" "symptomatic of insanity" "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown"

Used in print

("Editorials"...)

The flood is not as great - only 700 a week according_to one apparently conservative account - but it is symptomatic .

Related terms

characteristic

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[ adjective ] relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms

Examples

"symptomatic relief" "symptomatic treatment" "a symptomatic classification of diseases"

Related terms

symptom

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