syndrome
UK /ˈsɪndɹəʊm/ · US /ˈsɪndɹoʊm/ noun
Forms syndromes
- noun (pathology) A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition. “Down syndrome; acquired immune deficiency syndrome; restless-leg syndrome; battered-wife syndrome”
- noun Any set of characteristics regarded as identifying a certain type, condition, etc., usually adverse. “not-in-my-backyard syndrome; tip-of-the-tongue syndrome”
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin syndrome, from Ancient Greek συνδρομή (sundromḗ, “concurrence of symptoms, concourse”), from σύνδρομος (súndromos, “running together”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running, course”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun Concurrence. [R.] Glanvill.
- noun A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease.
Etymology [NL., from Gr. Defn: Concurrence. [R.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “syndrome”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details