Associations to the word «Symptomatic»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

SYMPTOMATIC, adjective. Characteristic or indicative of a disease; "a diagnostic sign of yellow fever"; "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever"; "symptomatic of insanity"; "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown".
SYMPTOMATIC, adjective. Relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms; "symptomatic relief"; "symptomatic treatment"; "a symptomatic classification of diseases".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats