vi·at·i·cal 
(vī-ătĭ-kəl)
(vī-ătĭ-kəl)adj.
1. or vi·at·ic (vī-ătĭk) Of or relating to traveling, a road, or a way.
2. Of or relating to a contractual arrangement in which a business buys life insurance policies from terminally ill patients for a percentage of the face value: a viatical settlement.
[From Latin viāticus, relating to a journey, from via, road; see VIA. Sense 2, from VIATICUM.]