Definition of "symptomatic" in Englisch

adjective

1. (pathology) Showing symptoms.

2. (by extension) Constituting a symptom or indication; characteristic, indicative.

   • The city's problems are symptomatic of the crisis that is spreading throughout the country.

3. (medicine) Of a treatment, that only affects the symptoms of a disease without targeting the underlying cause.

4. (medicine) Relating to symptomatics.

noun

1. A person exhibiting the symptoms of an illness.