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Definition of: symptomatic
(simp′tə·mat′ik) adjective
1. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or constituting a symptom or symptoms; indicative: Fever is symptomatic of inflammation.
2. According to symptoms: a symptomatic classification of diseases. Also symp′to·mat′i·cal. [<F symptomatique <LL symptomaticus <Gk. symptōmatikos <symptōma, -atos a symptom]
—symp′to·mat′i·cal·ly adverb
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