symptomatic

Example Sentences

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For those who test positive, the Alima coordinator says their symptoms are treated until they are no longer symptomatic and "must have two negative laboratory results before being discharged".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The majority of spread centered on three symptomatic individuals who infected others through seemingly casual contact at a crowded indoor birthday party and at a wake.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

The current Hanta variant doesn’t spread easily, and requires prolonged close contact with a symptomatic person.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

With the Andes virus, by contrast, people probably need to be symptomatic to spread illness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

The purists who call out these errors see them as symptomatic of a decline in the quality of communication and reasoning in our culture today.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker