Symptomatic

Alternative forms

• symptomatick obsolete

Origin

From French symptomatique, from New Latin symptomaticus, from Ancient Greek συμπτωματικός (symptomatikos, "of or pertaining to a chance (or a symptom), casual"), from σύμπτωμα (sumptōma, "a symptom"); see symptom.

Full definition of symptomatic

Adjective

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.
• MacaulaySymptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper.

Antonyms

• asymptomatic