symptomatic

Revealing underlying condition

Symptomatic describes something that shows or constitutes a symptom.

In medicine, a symptomatic patient displays signs of illness, as opposed to an asymptomatic one: She remained symptomatic for several days.

More broadly, symptomatic means indicative of a larger problem or condition: The delays were symptomatic of deeper organizational dysfunction.

medical

diagnosis

Identification of illness

treatmentCare for an ailment
patientAble to wait calmly
physicianLicensed medical doctor

clinic · prescription · pathology · fever · cough · fatigue · nausea · headache · malaise · chills

indicative

suggestive

Hinting at impropriety

characteristicDistinguishing quality or trait
typicalRepresentative of a kind
revealingMaking known what's hidden

telling · representative · emblematic · reflective · expressive · signifying · evocative · illustrative · meaningful · diagnostic

evidence

indication

Sign of what's coming

signMark conveying information
proofDemonstration of truth
manifestationOutward display of something

marker · signal · indicator · warning · confirmation · demonstration · documentation · verification · substantiation · corroboration

systemic

underlying

Existing beneath the surface

structuralRelating to building framework
endemicNative to one area
pervasivePresent throughout, inescapable

widespread · institutional · societal · deep-rooted · chronic · persistent · recurring · entrenched · fundamental · indicative

Categories

pandemiclockdowns, COVID-19, outbreak, epidemic, COVID
medical adjectivessurgical, cardiac, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory
medical descriptorsacute, chronic, mild, moderate, severe
seizuresseizure, epileptic, convulsion, fit, attack
epidemicsepidemic, pandemic, outbreak, disease, Black Death
conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions

Opposites

presence of symptoms

symptomaticasymptomatic

Diseased without outward signs

nonsymptomatic · unsymptomatic · subclinical · latent · silent

indicativeness

symptomaticuncharacteristic

Unlike one's usual self

atypical · untypical · nontypical · unrepresentative · anomalous

treatment approach

symptomaticcurative

Promoting recovery from illness

causative · radical · definitive · etiological · disease-modifying

Phrases

symptomatic reliefLessening signs without cure

Family

asymptomatic, symptomatically, symptomatology, presymptomatic

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