English

Alternative forms

• symptomatick (obsolete)

Adjective

symptomatic ‎(comparative more symptomatic, superlative most symptomatic)

1. (medicine) (of a disease) Showing symptoms.
2. Relating to, based on, or constituting a symptom.

   The city's problems are symptomatic of the crisis that is spreading throughout the country.

   • Macaulay

     Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper.

Antonyms

• asymptomatic

Translations

External links

• symptomatic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• symptomatic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911