Syndrome Definition

sĭndrōm
noun
A number of symptoms occurring together and characterizing a specific disease or condition.
Webster's New World
A complex of symptoms indicating the existence of an undesirable condition or quality.
Suffers from fear-of-success syndrome.
American Heritage Medicine
Any set of characteristics regarded as identifying a certain type, condition, etc.
Webster's New World
A distinctive or characteristic pattern of behavior.
The syndrome of conspicuous consumption in wealthy suburbs.
American Heritage Medicine
A group of anatomical and often physiological characteristics of an organism that serve a specific function and are presumed to have evolved together.
The angiosperm reproductive syndrome.
American Heritage Medicine
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syndrome
Plural:
syndromes

Origin of Syndrome

  • From Ancient Greek συνδρομή (syndrome, “concurrence of symptoms, concourse”), from σύνδρομος (syndromos, “running together”), from συν- (syn-, “with”) + δρόμος (dromos, “running, course”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek sundromē concurrence of symptoms from sundromos running together sun- syn- dromos a running

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Syndrome Sentence Examples

  • Prader-Willi syndrome is also referred to as cryptochidism-dwarfism-subnormal mentality syndrome, Willi-Prader syndrome, Labhart-Willi syndrome, Prader-Labhart-Will Fancone syndrome, and hypotoniahypomentia-hypogonadism-obesity syndrome.

  • Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)-Also known as hyaline membrane disease, this is a condition of premature infants in which the lungs are imperfectly expanded due to a lack of a substance (surfactant) on the lungs that reduces tension.

  • Kitchen sink syndrome -- This fantastic supplement contains not just vitamins and minerals, but CoQ10, amino acids and BCAAs, creatine, green tea extract, and probably a dash of Fairy Dust that cures cancer and sheds pounds while you sleep.

  • However, language deficits do exist with Asperger syndrome, primarily in comprehension of the subtleties of language, as affected individuals often cannot grasp abstract concepts or comprehend irony or humor as well as the average person.

  • Angelman's syndrome was first described in 1965 by Harold Angelman, who noted that a group of children in his medical practice had flat heads, made jerky movements, held their tongues in a protruding way, and had curious bouts of laughter.

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