symptomaticaladj.
/sɪmptəˈmatɪkəl/ Now rare or Obsolete.
1. Pathology. = symptomatic adj. 1a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > symptom > [adjective]
indicatory1583
symptomatical1586
semiotical1588
pathognomonic1625
semiotic1625
pathognomonical1638
pathognomical1640
symptomical1656
pathognomic1684
symptomatic1698
assident1753
symptomatic1814
1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xvi. 92 In simptomaticall euentes in sicknes.
1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. iii. 33 Whether the feaver be primarie, or a principall guest, or symptomaticall, accompanying the disease as the shadow doth the bodie.
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. v. xx. 295 In (not, Symptomatical, but) Essential Feavers.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. v. 88/1 He fell into a Quinsie, with a Symptomatical Fever.
1748 R. James Diss. Fevers (1749) 5 Sweats, which are not spontaneous, but extorted, generally prove symptomatical and noxious, instead of being critical and salutary.
a1776 R. James Vindic. Fever Powder in Diss. Fevers (1778) 65 Other evacuations.., as they only arise from the symptoms, or from the agonies of nature, unequal to the task of surmounting the difficulties she is oppressed with..are called symptomatical.
2. gen. = symptomatic adj. 3.
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society > communication > indication > [adjective] > indicating or indicative of > symptomatic
symptomatical1629
reflective1640
symptomatic1751
1629 T. Jackson Treat. Divine Essence i. 4 The more right resemblances we make to our selves of any thing, the greater will be the symptomaticall impression of the latent truth.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. i. 2 I dare say, your Thoughtfulness is but symptomatical, and will go off, in proper Time.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xiv. 308 Versions..very symptomatical of poetic fury.
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adj.1586