SYMPTOMATIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does symptomatic mean? 

• SYMPTOMATIC (adjective)
  The adjective SYMPTOMATIC has 2 senses:

1. characteristic or indicative of a disease

2. relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms

  Familiarity information: SYMPTOMATIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYMPTOMATIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characteristic or indicative of a disease

Synonyms:

diagnostic; symptomatic

Context example:

a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown

Similar:

characteristic (typical or distinctive)

Derivation:

symptom (anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence)

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a symptomatic classification of diseases

Pertainym:

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Derivation:

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

 Context examples 

Desloratadine is used to provide symptomatic relieve of allergic symptoms.

(Desloratadine, NCI Thesaurus)

However, there’s no sure way to identify pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease.

(Study Points to Possible Blood Test For Memory Decline, Alzheimer’s, NIH)

The carcinomas range from microscopic lesions to clinically symptomatic tumors.

(Hereditary Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The disorder may be cryptogenic, familial, or symptomatic (caused by an identified disease process).

(Grand Mal Epilepsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Symptomatic ventricular disease takes a growing toll on the health of nations.

(NFAT Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Carbinoxamine maleate is used to provide symptomatic relieve of allergic symptoms.

(Carbinoxamine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug used to reduce the amount of testosterone made in patients with advanced symptomatic prostate cancer for which no other treatment options are available.

(Abarelix, NCI Dictionary)

PID may be either symptomatic or asymptomatic.

(Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Antazoline is used to provide symptomatic relieve of allergic symptoms.

(Antazoline, NCI Thesaurus)

Miscellaneous agents found useful in the symptomatic treatment of diarrhea.

(Antidiarrheal Agent, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)