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syndrome
noun
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Combining its two Greek roots, syndrome means basically "running together". So when diagnosing a condition or disease, doctors tend to look for a group of symptoms existing together. As long as a set of symptoms remains mysterious, it may be referred to as a specific syndrome. But if that name is used for a while, it may become the condition's permanent name, even after an underlying cause has been found. So today we have Down syndrome, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Asperger's syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, Tourette's syndrome, sick building syndrome, and many more. And since mental conditions often turn out to have physical causes, syndrome is used in psychology as well as in medicine.
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Phrases Containing syndrome
- acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- adult respiratory distress syndrome
- androgen insensitivity syndrome
- Asperger's syndrome
- Asperger syndrome
- bashful bladder syndrome
- battered child syndrome
- battered woman syndrome
- carpal tunnel syndrome
- Chinese restaurant syndrome
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- complex regional pain syndrome
- Cushing's syndrome
- cytokine release syndrome
- cytokine storm syndrome
- Down's syndrome
- Down syndrome
- empty-nest syndrome
- fetal alcohol syndrome
- fragile X syndrome
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Gulf War syndrome
- hemolytic uremic syndrome
- imposter syndrome
- impostor syndrome
- insulin resistance syndrome
- irritable bowel syndrome
- Kawasaki's syndrome
- Kawasaki syndrome
- Klinefelter's syndrome
- Marfan's syndrome
- Marfan syndrome
- metabolic syndrome
- Ménière's syndrome
- mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
- multisystem inflammatory syndrome
- multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
- Munchausen's syndrome
- Munchausen's syndrome by proxy
- Munchausen syndrome
- Munchausen syndrome by proxy
- nephrotic syndrome
- organic brain syndrome
- Parkinson's syndrome
- pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- post-acute COVID syndrome
- post-COVID syndrome
- postpolio syndrome
- Prader-Willi syndrome
- premenstrual syndrome
- punch-drunk syndrome
- refeeding syndrome
- Reiter's syndrome
- respiratory distress syndrome
- restless legs syndrome
- Reye's syndrome
- savant syndrome
- severe acute respiratory syndrome
- shy bladder syndrome
- sick building syndrome
- Stockholm syndrome
- sudden infant death syndrome
- testicular feminization syndrome
- thoracic outlet syndrome
- Tourette's syndrome
- Tourette syndrome
- toxic shock syndrome
- Turner's syndrome
- white coat syndrome
- Williams syndrome
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“Syndrome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/syndrome. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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