# symptomatic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌsɪmp.təˈmæt.ɪk/ · frequency rank #25,943

## Definitions
1. Showing symptoms.
2. Constituting a symptom or indication; characteristic, indicative.
3. Of a treatment, that only affects the symptoms of a disease without targeting the underlying cause.
4. Relating to symptomatics.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French symptomatique, from New Latin symptomaticus, from Ancient Greek συμπτωματικός (sumptōmatikós, “of or pertaining to a chance (or a symptom), casual”), from σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a symptom”). By surface analysis, symptom + -atic.

## Common misspellings (18)
`smyptomatic`, `ssymptomatic`, `symmptomatic`, `sympotmatic`, `sympptomatic`, `symptmoatic`, `symptoamtic`, `symptomaitc`, `symptomatci`, `symptomaticc`, `symptomattic`, `symptommatic`, `symptomtaic`, `sympttomatic`, `symtpomatic`, `sypmtomatic`, `syymptomatic`, `ysmptomatic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/symptomatic