Definition of viatical

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vi·at·i·cal    (v-t-kl) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

1. or vi·at·ic   (v-tk) KEY   Of or relating to traveling, a road, or a way.
2. Of or relating to a contractual arrangement in which a business buys life insurance policies from terminally ill patients for a percentage of the face value: a viatical settlement.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin viticus, relating to a journey, from via, road ; see via . Sense 2, from viaticum

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