symptomatic
pronunciation
How to pronounce symptomatic in British English:
UK [ˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk]
How to pronounce symptomatic in American English:
US [ˌsɪmtəˈmætɪk, ˌsɪmp-]
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- Adjective:
- characteristic or indicative of e.g. a disease
- relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms
Word Origin
- symptomatic (adj.)
- 1690s, from French symptomatique or directly from Late Latin symptomaticus, from symptomat-, stem of symptoma (see symptom). General sense of "indicative (of)" is from 1751. Related: Symptomatical (1580s).
Example
- 1. Forty-six of the sixty-two hips that became symptomatic required surgery .
- 2. The treatment of skin lesions is symptomatic .
- 3. Clinical and imaging properties of symptomatic patients with myocardial bridge .
- 4. Washington may be extreme , but it is symptomatic of a wider malaise .
- 5. The still air and the increased warmth you are experiencing are symptomatic of a disrupted energy pattern .