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US
/ˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk/
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[ UK /sˌɪmptəmˈætɪk/ ]
[ UK /sˌɪmptəmˈætɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms
symptomatic relief
a symptomatic classification of diseases
symptomatic treatment -
characteristic or indicative of a disease
a diagnostic sign of yellow fever
a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown
symptomatic of insanity
a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever
How To Use symptomatic In A Sentence
- Treatment should also be considered in asymptomatic patients who may be a source of infection to others.
- He had been given allergy medications, but only symptomatic relief was obtained.
- The only treatment is symptomatic and supportive therapy and using sedatives to control convulsions.
- Despite increased understanding of the nature of the disease in general, the factors that contribute to symptomatic destabilization are little studied and much remains conjectural.
- The Scottish Medicines Consortium has previously accepted this product for use in patients in the 12-17 years age group, for the treatment of erosive reflux oesophagitis, the long-term management of patients with healed oesophagitis to prevent relapse, and the symptomatic treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. SMC Issues Positive Recommendation on esomeprazole 10mg (Nexium(R)) For Children Aged one to 11 Years old in Scotland With Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD) - Yahoo! Finance
- Cliche is symptomatic of an entropic democracy where meaningless statements are repeated unconsciously by the masses.
- And this refusal of the author to charge the people with their own stupidity and cupidity, this refusal of the people to own up and take responsibility, is symptomatic.
- Researchers randomly assigned 3,120 pre-symptomatic patients from 30 countries to receive carotid endarterectomy either as soon as possible or not until symptoms appeared. Why You Forget Birthdays
- One crucial criterion in justifying a screening programme is that intervention is more effective in presymptomatic disease than after symptoms have appeared.
- To provide genetic testing and interpretation of test results at the request of physicians or genetic counselors for the purpose of disease diagnosis, carrier status determination, risk assessment, prenatal testing, or presymptomatic testing Laboratory Rotation