relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms
<adj.pert> symptomatic relief symptomatic treatment a symptomatic classification of diseases
characteristic or indicative of a disease
<adj.all> a diagnostic sign of yellow fever a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever symptomatic of insanity a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown
Symptomatic \Symp`tom*at"ic\, Symptomatical \Symp`tom*at"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. symptomatique, Gr. ? causal.] 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. According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases. ※ -- {Symp`tom*at"ic*al*ly}, adv.
The demise of the time-honored system of tryouts is symptomatic of deeper troubles, which include the overall decline in the number of new shows.
The current aggressive pricing between the chains might be symptomatic of recession, or it might herald longer-term problems.
"I think these are symptomatic of changes in their thinking about how the world works, and how it affects Citicorp," Mr. McDermott said.
Treatment of the disease has been symptomatic, with drugs and therapy designed to control the thick mucus and to help patients avoid or combat repeated lung infections that often kill.
The government said the labor strife was symptomatic of pressures that had caused a wage-cost spiral.
It is difficult to believe in the possibility of a renegotiated Emu programme, without political agreement on the final objective. Political dissent over the objective of Emu is symptomatic of widespread ambivalence over the objectives of Maastricht.
Storehouse finished 7 cheaper at 222p. Storehouse's decline was seen as symptomatic of a day the stores sector absorbed the mildly disappointing retail sales figures for August.
That the Raiders were rewarded by a jury for playing this game of Sack the Municipal Taxpayer is symptomatic of the crap-shoot condition of antitrust law.
Dealers said yesterday's declines on thin volume were symptomatic of the market's current wait-and-see attitude, particularly with some market commentators now downplaying chances of an imminent rate increase in the U.K.
Yet notice needs to be taken, because the disparity is symptomatic of much that is wrong with British corporate governance and management. Over the past decade and a half, hidden unemployment has been substantially reduced in the British private sector.
Denying that the burgeoning HUD scandal was symptomatic of a "laissez-faire" attitude during the Reagan years, Kemp said that anytime the government subsidizes major industries, problems are bound to occur.
A defense attorney sees the McMartin preschool molestation trial as "a cottage industry event" and legal experts say its protracted length is symptomatic of a bloated, unworkable justice system.
"I think it is symptomatic of our fast-food, fast-paced society where they want everything instantly and don't want to concentrate on newspapers, and apparently that even extends now to television," said Ketter.
Yet the refugee disaster is only symptomatic of a series of problems Mr. Bush and his advisers must begin turning around.
"In particular, rapid weight loss increases the saturation of bile with cholesterol, directly contributing to the formation of symptomatic gallstones and gall bladder disease," the suits said.
But both are symptomatic of a recessionary marketplace, where a single magazine isn't always attractive enough to woo an advertiser.
Each week, it seems, brings a fresh crisis, each crisis a fresh U-turn. The latest furore over Maastricht is symptomatic.
"This case is only symptomatic of wider corruption and a general decline in public morality in last 30 years _ anything goes as long as you don't get caught," Caiden said.
It's symptomatic of the newly internationalized economy that we can even talk of exports making up for a cutback by consumers, who normally account for about two-thirds of the gross national product.
Wayne Ayers, chief economist for the Bank of Boston, said Cticorp's restructuring "is symptomatic of much of the problems affecting the banking industry." "Citibank is not alone," said Chessen, referring to the company's banking subsidiary.
Burgmaster still is an intriguing case study, if only as an example of what can go wrong, rather than what is symptomatic about takeovers.