syndrome
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syndrome
- /ˈsɪndɹəʊm/ UK
- /-dɹəm/ UK
- /ˈsɪndɹoʊm/ US
- /-dɹəm/ US
Where it comes from
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”).
noun syndromes
- 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
- Any set of characteristics regarded as identifying a certain type, condition, etc., usually adverse. not-in-my-backyard syndrome; tip-of-the-tongue syndrome
Similar: syndrome
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Closest in meaning: symptom, disease, acquired, fever, aids, pneumonia, immunodeficiency, sars, traumatic, infant, illness, sickness, disorder, sudden, phenomenon, mentality
noun
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noun recognizable pattern of symptoms or behaviours
| Español | síndrome |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 증후군 jeunghugun |
| 日本語 | 症候群 shōkōgun, シンドローム shindorōmu |
| 中文 | 綜合徵 /综合征 zònghézhēng |
| Português | síndrome (masc. in pt-pt), síndroma |
| Français | syndrome |
| Deutsch | Syndrom |
| Italiano | sindrome |
| Ελληνικά | σύνδρομο sýndromo |
| Русский | синдро́м sindróm |
| Tiếng Việt | hội chứng |
| العربية | مُتَلَازِمَة mutalāzima, أَعْرَاض ʔaʕrāḍ |
noun set of characteristics
| 中文 | 典型特徵 /典型特征 diǎnxíng tèzhēng |
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Talk about this word "syndrome." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/syndrome. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. syndrome. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/syndrome "syndrome." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/syndrome.Cite this
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title = {syndrome},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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