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vi·at·i·cal   (vī-āt'ĭ-kəl)   
adj.  

  1. or vi·at·ic (vī-āt'ĭk) 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.


[From Latin viāticus, relating to a journey, from via, road; see via. Sense 2, from viaticum.]
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