Definition of Syndrome

1. Noun. A complex of concurrent things. "Every word has a syndrome of meanings"

Generic synonyms: Complex, Composite

2. Noun. A pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease.
Specialized synonyms: Autism, Add, Adhd, Attention Deficit Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Hyperkinetic Syndrome, Mbd, Minimal Brain Damage, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Horner's Syndrome, Cervical Disc Syndrome, Cervical Root Syndrome, Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, Conn's Syndrome, Fas, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Gulf War Syndrome, Persian Gulf Illness, Klinefelter Syndrome, Klinefelter's Syndrome, Xxy-syndrome, Malabsorption Syndrome, Munchausen Syndrome, Munchausen's Syndrome, Nephrosis, Nephrotic Syndrome, Noonan's Syndrome, Phantom Limb Syndrome, Pms, Premenstrual Syndrome, Radiation, Radiation Sickness, Radiation Syndrome, Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, Reiter's Disease, Reiter's Syndrome, Ekbom Syndrome, Restless Legs, Restless Legs Syndrome, Reye's Syndrome, Scalenus Syndrome, Apyretic Tetanus, Intermittent Cramp, Intermittent Tetanus, Tetanilla, Tetany, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Tietze's Syndrome, Gilles De La Tourette Syndrome, Tourette's Syndrome, Fallot's Syndrome, Fallot's Tetralogy, Tetralogy Of Fallot, Toxic Shock, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Tss, Waterhouse-friderichsen Syndrome, Williams Syndrome, Zollinger-ellison Syndrome
Group relationships: Disease
Generic synonyms: Symptom

Definition of Syndrome

1. n. Concurrence.

Definition of Syndrome

1. Noun. (pathology) A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Syndrome

1. a group of symptoms that characterize a particular disorder [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syndrome

syndicates
syndicating
syndication
syndication agency
syndications
syndicator
syndicators
syndics
synding
syndings
syndiotactic
syndoche
syndoches
syndromal
syndrome (current term)
syndromes
syndromic
synds
syne
synecdochal
synecdoche
synecdoches
synecdochic
synecdochical
synecdochically
synecdochy
synechdoche
synechia

Literary usage of Syndrome

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. When the Victim Is a Child by Debra Whitcomb (1992)
"The Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation syndrome Another construct that is helpful in ... This syndrome is not a means of diagnosing sexual abuse. ..."

2. Diseases of the nervous system by Smith Ely Jelliffe, William Alanson White (1917)
"Little positive concerning a pure syndrome of posterior lobe disease is established. Its exclusive removal seems to be well borne by animals if the anterior ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"... led to the syndrome bearing his name—a disease- complex first described in 1904; the syndrome is characterized by a purulent otitis media with paralysis ..."

4. Drug Use Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities edited by Andrea Kopstein (1998)
"HIV (human immunodeficiency syndrome) infection and homicides are among the ... ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY syndrome AIDS surveillance data are maintained by ..."

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