[sin-drohm, -druh
m] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
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.
syndrome syn·drome (sĭn'drōm')
n.
A group of symptoms that collectively indicate or characterize a disease, a psychological disorder, or another abnormal condition.
| syndrome (sĭn'drōm') Pronunciation Key
An abnormal condition or disease that is identified by an established group of signs and symptoms. |
