Symp`tom*at"ic (?), 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.

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