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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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Syndromes
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
syndrome
"a number of symptoms occurring together," 1540s, 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.
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Medical Dictionary
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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Science Dictionary
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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Cultural Dictionary
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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