symp-to-mat-ic
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[simp-tuh-mat-ik]
adjective
1. pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
2. of the nature of or constituting a symptom; indicative (often followed by of): a condition symptomatic of cholera; a disagreement that was symptomatic of the deterioration in their relationship.
3. according to symptoms: a symptomatic classification of disease.
Also, symp-to-mat-i-cal.

[Origin: 1690-1700; < ML sympta-maticus, equiv. to LL sympta-mat- (s. of sympta-ma) symptom + -icus -ic]

— Related forms
symp-to-mat-i-cal-ly, adverb

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