SYMPTOMATIC

symptomatic. Symptomatic, a. denoting a symptom and not the primary cause

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{ Symp′tom‐at″ic (?), Symp′tom‐at″ic‐al (?), } a. [[Cf. F. symptomatique, Gr. � causal.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; being a symptom; indicating the existence of something else.
Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper. Macaulay. 2. 2. According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases.
— Symp′tom‐at″ic‐al‐ly, adv.