1690s, from French symptomatique or directly from Late Latin symptomaticus, from symptomat-, stem of symptoma (see symptom). General sense of "indicative (of)" is from 1751. Related: Symptomatical (1580s).
symptomatic of insanity
a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever
a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown
a symptomatic classification of diseases
symptomatic relief
symptomatic treatment
symphonic
symphony
symphysis
symposium
symptom
symptomatic
symptomatology
symptomology
syn-
synaesthesia
synagogue
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