a. Obs. rare. [f. SYMPTOM + -ICAL.] = SYMPTOMATIC 1.
 
1656.  J. Smith, Pract. Physick, 85. If it be symptomical, it must be cured as before.
 
1676.  Phil. Trans., XI. 570. A Feaver
, to which the Dysentery and Diarrhœa were only symptomical, not essential.