symptomatic

adj 1: characteristic or indicative of e.g. a disease; "a

diagnostic sign of yellow fever"; "diagnostic

information"; "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever";

"symptomatic of insanity"; "a rise in crime

symptomatic of social breakdown" [syn: {diagnostic}, {symptomatic

of(p)}]

2: relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or

symptoms; "symptomatic relief"; "symptomatic treatment";

"a symptomatic classification of diseases"