syndrome
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
syndrome/ˈsɪndrəʊm/
▶noun
- 1 a group of symptoms which consistently occur together.
- 2 a characteristic combination of opinions, emotions, or behaviour.
– derivatives
syndromic adjective.
syndromic adjective.
– origin C16: mod. L., from Gk sundromē, from sun- ‘together’ + dramein ‘to run’.
'syndrome' also found in these Oxford entries:
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- Aids
- Angelman syndrome
- Asperger's syndrome
- carpal tunnel syndrome
- CFS
- China syndrome
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- compartment syndrome
- CTS
- Cushing's disease
- Cushing's syndrome
- dong quai
- Down's syndrome
- economy-class syndrome
- FAS
- fragile X syndrome
- gargoylism
- Guillain–Barré syndrome
- Gulf War syndrome
- Hurler's syndrome
- IBS
- irritable bowel syndrome
- Klinefelter's syndrome
- Korsakoff's syndrome
- learning difficulties
- Marfan's syndrome
- ME
- Mongol
- Mongoloid
- Munchausen's syndrome
- myalgic encephalomyelitis
- navicular
- Patau's syndrome
- PMS
- postviral syndrome
- Prader–Willi syndrome
- premenstrual syndrome
- progeria
- PVS
- Raynaud's disease
- RDS
- Reye's syndrome
- SARS
- SBS
- shaken baby syndrome
- sick building syndrome
- SIDS
- sudden infant death syndrome
