particular group of symptoms that appear together and characterize a particular disease or disorder (Medicine)
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Syndrome Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
Concurrence.
Concurrence.
(n.)
A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease.
korsakov`s syndrome
sudden infant death syndrome
waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome
irritable bowel syndrome
thoracic outlet syndrome
reye`s syndrome
respiratory distress syndrome
down syndrome
korsakoff`s syndrome
respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn
turner`s syndrome
reiter`s syndrome
nephrotic syndrome
xxy-syndrome
zollinger-ellison syndrome
guillain-barre syndrome
tourette`s syndrome
mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
adult respiratory distress syndrome
restless legs syndrome
klinefelter syndrome
ramsay hunt syndrome
radiation syndrome
ekbom syndrome
klinefelter`s syndrome
toxic shock syndrome
tietze`s syndrome
Noun
1. a complex of concurrent things; "every word has a syndrome of meanings"
(hypernym) complex, composite
2. a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
(hypernym) symptom
(hyponym) autism
(part-holonym) disease
Syndrome Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
a pattern of behaviors, traits, or dispositions that occur together and that characterize a particular disorder or condition (see acceptance-rejection syndrome). Any single disposition may be found in other conditions. It is the full configuration of dispositions that compose the syndrome.
Contributed by the RONALD AND NANCY ROHNER CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE AND REJECTIONSyndrome Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Syndrome Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The term syndrome derives from the Greek συνδρομή (sundromē) and means "concurrence of symptoms, concourse", from σύν (sun), "along with, together" + δρόμος (dromos), amongst others "course".
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Syndrome Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
[SIN-drome]
A set of symptoms or conditions that occur together and suggest the presence of a certain disease or an increased chance of developing the disease.
A Service of the National Cancer Institute.A set of symptoms or conditions that occur together and suggest the presence of a certain disease or an increased chance of developing the disease.
A recognizable pattern or group of multiple signs, symptoms or malformations that characterize a particular condition; syndromes are thought to arise from a common origin and result from more than one developmental error during fetal growth.
A syndrome is the combination of symptoms and signs which together represent a disease process.
a set of symptoms or disease manifestations that occur together and characterize a specific condition.
Aegis
A group of symptoms as reported by the patient and signs as detected in an examination that together are characteristic of a specific condition.
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