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symptomatically

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symp·to·mat·ic  (smt-mtk, smp-)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or based on symptoms: symptomatic relief.
2. Constituting a symptom, as of a disease: the rash symptomatic of scarlet fever; a rise in unemployment symptomatic of a weakening economy.

sympto·mati·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.symptomatically - by symptoms


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Patients are often misdiagnosed and treated symptomatically with the parasite still inhabiting the host.
2) The GP should weigh up the risk of antibiotic side-effects and resistance and one can elect to treat the patient symptomatically if the patient has easy access to a GP or medical facility.
Advocates of homeopathy believe that this method is effective because it addresses the cause of the disease and not just treating it symptomatically.
 
 
 
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