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syndrome|ˈsɪndrəʊm, formerly ˈsɪndrəmɪ|
Also 7 syndrom.
[mod.L., a. Gr. συνδροµή, f. σύν syn-1 + δροµ-: δραµεῖν to run.]
1. Path. A concurrence of several symptoms in a disease; a set of such concurrent symptoms.
1541Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 B iij, They enquyre the cause prymytyfe as partye of all the syndrome. 1605Daniel Queen's Arcadia iii. ii. (1606) F ij, That so we may preuent the syndrome Of Symtomes. 1670Maynwaring Vita Sana vi. 75 The syndrom is lethal. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 207 Charcot's syndrome has in a number of reported cases been a precursor of arterio-sclerotic gangrene.
2.
†a. transf. or gen. A concurrence, concourse; a set of concurrent things. Obs.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. iii. 66 This motion is termed coition, and that not made by any faculty attractive of one, but a Syndrome and concourse of each. 1651Biggs New Disp. Pref. 7 A farraginous Syndrome of Knaves and Fools. 1651Charleton Ephes. & Cimm. Matrons ii. (1668) Pref., Distracted with a syndrome of Remorse, Fear, Anger, and Despair. 1661Glanvill Scepsis Sci. xxv. (1665) 156 Every single motion owning a dependence on such a Syndrome of præ-required Motors.
b. In recent use, a characteristic combination of opinions, behaviour, etc.; freq. preceded by a qualifying word.
1955A. Huxley Genius & Goddess 26 She took a professional interest in caterpillars... It was part of the Gloom-Tomb syndrome. Caterpillars were the nearest approach, in real life, to Edgar Allen Poe. 1958C. P. Snow in Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Aug. p. iii/2 There is a syndrome of attitudes in literature, nearly all quite modern, apparently unconnected, which spring from the same root. 1965Harper's Mag. Feb. 74 A student.. explained Albuquerque's all-enveloping friendliness in terms of the Luke Short syndrome. Typically in a Luke Short novel, a cowboy, footsore and weary, comes into town carrying a saddle over his shoulders. Nobody asks any questions. Friendliness is simply his for the asking. 1971C. M. Kerman Lang. Behavior in Black Urban Community i. 16 The demographic statistics of this community, although depicting accurately a cluster of traits which might be labeled those comprising a lower-class poverty syndrome, do somewhat of an injustice to the social structure of the community. 1976Globe & Mail (Toronto) 21 Dec. 7/1 They were working under the old syndrome that we couldn't do anything—the Government would always block us. 1976J. I. M. Stewart Memorial Service xi. 177 His reclusive side—the withdrawn scholar syndrome, it might be called—remained on top. 1980West Lancs. Even. Gaz. 23 Oct. 13 The falling roll syndrome [in schools] was a problem of the greatest magnitude and one never experienced before.
Hence synˈdromic a., of or pertaining to the syndrome or combination of symptoms in a disease.
1890Smithsonian Rep. 648 The syndromic episodes, the extreme manifestations of dis-equilibrium. |