different between symptomatic vs designative

English

Alternative forms

• symptomatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French symptomatique, from New Latin symptomaticus, from Ancient Greek ????????????? (sumpt?matikós, “of or pertaining to a chance (or a symptom), casual”), from ???????? (súmpt?ma, “a symptom”); see symptom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?s?mp.t??mæt.?k/

Adjective

symptomatic (comparative more symptomatic, superlative most symptomatic)

1. (medicine) Showing symptoms.
   • 2009, Stephen J. Ettinger, Edward C. Feldman, Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine (page 9)

     It is important to observe symptomatic cats out of the carrier, on the floor in a safe, escape-proof room. Swelling, heat, and pain in one or more joints can explain many signs, including lameness, malaise, and fever.

2. Relating to, based on, or constituting a symptom.

   The city's problems are symptomatic of the crisis that is spreading throughout the country.

   • 1843, Thomas Macaulay, Sir James Mackintosh's History of the Revolution

     Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper.
3. (medicine) Relating to symptomatics

Antonyms

• asymptomatic

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• symptomatic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• symptomatic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

designate +? -ive

Adjective

designative (comparative more designative, superlative most designative)

1. Serving to designate.

Synonyms

• designatory