symptomatic
    adj 1: 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" [syn: diagnostic,
           symptomatic]
    2: relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or
       symptoms; "symptomatic relief"; "symptomatic treatment"; "a
       symptomatic classification of diseases"

Symptomatic \Symp`tom*at"ic\, Symptomatical \Symp`tom*at"ic*al\,
   a. [Cf. F. symptomatique, Gr. ? causal.]
   1. Of or pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence
      with something; being a symptom; indicating the existence
      of something else.
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            Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an
            unamiable temper.                     --Macaulay.
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   2. According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification
      of diseases.
      [1913 Webster] -- Symp`tom*at"ic*al*ly, adv.
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