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syn⋅drome
[sin-drohm, -druh
m] 
–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. |
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| syn·drome (sĭn'drōm') n.
[Greek sundromē, concurrence of symptoms, from sundromos, running together : sun-, syn- + dromos, a running.] syn·drom'ic (-drō'mĭk, -drŏm'ĭk) adj. |
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Syndrome
Syn"dro*me\, n. [NL., from Gr. ?; sy`n with + ? a course, a running.] Concurrence. [R.] --Glanvill.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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syndrome [(sin-drohm)]
A set of signs and symptoms that appear together and characterize a disease or medical condition. AIDS is an example of a syndrome.
Note: A collection of attitudes or behaviors that go together is often called a syndrome.
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syndrome
"a number of symptoms occurring together," 1541, from Mod.L., from Gk. syndrome "concurrence of symptoms, concourse," from syndromos, lit. "running together," from syn- "with" + dromos "running, course." Psychological sense is from 1955.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: syn·drome
Pronunciation: 'sin-"drOm also -dr&m
Function: noun
: a group of signs and symptoms that occur together andcharacterize a particular abnormality
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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syndrome syn·drome (sĭn'drōm')
n.
A group of symptoms that collectively indicate or characterize a disease, a psychological disorder, or another abnormal condition.
syn·drom'ic (-drō'mĭk, -drŏm'ĭk) adj.
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| syndrome (sĭn'drōm') Pronunciation Key
An abnormal condition or disease that is identified by an established group of signs and symptoms. |
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