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syndrome

[ sin-drohm, -druhm ]

noun

  1. Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
  2. a group of related or coincident things, events, actions, etc.
  3. the pattern of symptoms that characterize or indicate a particular social condition.
  4. 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

  1. med any combination of signs and symptoms that are indicative of a particular disease or disorder
  2. a symptom, characteristic, or set of symptoms or characteristics indicating the existence of a condition, problem, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

syndrome

/ ĭō′ /

  1. An abnormal condition or disease that is identified by an established group of signs and symptoms.

syndrome

  1. A set of signs and symptoms that appear together and characterize a disease or medical condition. AIDS is an example of a syndrome.
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Notes

A collection of attitudes or behaviors that go together is often called a syndrome.
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Derived Forms

  • syndromic, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·dz· [sin-, drom, -ik], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of syndrome1

1535–45; < New Latin < Greek Իdzḗ concurrence, combination, equivalent to syn- syn- + drom-, base meaning “run” ( -drome ) + feminine noun suffix
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of syndrome1

C16: via New Latin from Greek ܲԻdzŧ, literally: a running together, from syn- + dramein to run
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That brings us back to the study itself, which aimed to explore what the authors termed “post-vaccination syndrome.”

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She had already been told she had pelvic congestion syndrome - a condition that causes chronic pain in the pelvis - shortly after the birth of her youngest daughter, Isla Rose, in 2022.

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She later sought medical attention, where a physician told her she had "post-concussion syndrome".

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Stern said she was diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome and the physician told her to report the choking and beating to police.

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