单词 | syndrome |
释义 | syn·drome ![]() n. 1. A group of symptoms that collectively indicate or characterize a disease, disorder, or other condition considered abnormal. 2. a. A complex of symptoms indicating the existence of an undesirable condition or quality: suffers from fear-of-success syndrome. b. A distinctive or characteristic pattern of behavior: the syndrome of conspicuous consumption in wealthy suburbs. 3. A group of anatomical and often physiological characteristics of an organism that serve a specific function and are presumed to have evolved together: the angiosperm reproductive syndrome. [Greek sundromē, concurrence of symptoms, from sundromos, running together : sun-, syn- + dromos, a running.] syn·dromic (-drōmĭk, -drŏmĭk) adj. |
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