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symptomatic

[simp-tuh-mat-ik] / ˌsɪmp təˈmæt ɪk /


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The question is whether that caution is traveling far enough upstream, before patients are symptomatic.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

But he is symptomatic of the America in which we live.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Of course, Tudor cannot be held responsible for what happened to Kinsky, but it was symptomatic of how things have got worse on his watch.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Grail said late Thursday that its Galleri blood test, which screens for multiple types of cancer before they become symptomatic, didn’t lead to a “statistically significant reduction” in stage 3 and 4 cancer.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

But the omission is symptomatic of the complete failure to consider Indian motives, or even that Indians might have motives.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann