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Syndrome : (noun)
1: a complex of concurrent things; "every word has a syndrome
of meanings"
2: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Syndrome : \Syn"dro*me\, n. [NL., from Gr. ?; sy`n with _ ? a
course, a running.]
Concurrence. [R.] --Glanvill.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Syndrome : Syndrome: A set of signs and symptoms that tend to occur together and which reflect the presence of a particular disease or an increased chance of developing a particular disease.
For example, the constellation of numbness of the neck, arms, and back with headache, dizziness, profuse sweating, and palpitations after eating Chinese food laden with monosodium glutamate (MSG)
strongly suggests the stiff baby syndrome , and many, many more.
The word "syndrome" has long been popular in medicine and, more recently, outside medicine (as in the "China syndrome"). The word comes from the Greek "syn-" meaning together _ "dramein" meaning to
run = to run together, or go together.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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