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syndrome
[ sin-drohm, -druhm ]
noun
- Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
- a group of related or coincident things, events, actions, etc.
- the pattern of symptoms that characterize or indicate a particular social condition.
- a predictable, characteristic pattern of behavior, action, etc., that tends to occur under certain circumstances:
the retirement syndrome of endless golf and bridge games; the feast-or-famine syndrome of big business.
syndrome
/ sɪnˈdrɒmɪk; ˈsɪndrəʊm /
noun
- med any combination of signs and symptoms that are indicative of a particular disease or disorder
- a symptom, characteristic, or set of symptoms or characteristics indicating the existence of a condition, problem, etc
syndrome
- An abnormal condition or disease that is identified by an established group of signs and symptoms.
syndrome
- A set of signs and symptoms that appear together and characterize a disease or medical condition. AIDS is an example of a syndrome.
Notes
Derived Forms
- syndromic, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·dz· [sin-, drom, -ik], adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of syndrome1
Example Sentences
This year he fell ill with a recurrence of Richter’s syndrome — an especially dangerous form of lymphoma.
Doctors first suspected she was perimenopause or had irritable bowel syndrome and tests found a mild infection, but no follow-ups were done.
Mrs Lakin's cause of death was recorded as "respiratory compromise by support belt" and "postural impairment" along with her Parkinson's disease and a rare neurological condition called corticobasal syndrome.
The most well-known conversation is around Down's syndrome and the number of women who choose to abort a pregnancy once their baby is tested and diagnosed as having the condition.
Arakawa died around Feb. 11 of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare and often fatal respiratory illness spread by rodents, according to the New Mexico medical investigator’s office.
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