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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024syn•drome /ˈsɪndroʊm, -drəm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Pathology, Psychiatrya group of symptoms that together are signs of a certain specific disorder or disease:a baby suffering from Down's syndrome.
- Psychiatrya predictable, characteristic pattern of behavior that tends to occur under certain circumstances:The empty nest syndrome affects parents when their children grow up and leave home.
See syn-, -drom-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024syn•drome (sin′drōm, -drəm),USA pronunciation n. - Pathology, Psychiatrya group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
- a group of related or coincident things, events, actions, etc.
- the pattern of symptoms that characterize or indicate a particular social condition.
- Psychiatrya predictable, characteristic pattern of behavior, action, etc., that tends to occur under certain circumstances:the retirement syndrome of endless golf and bridge games; the feast-or-famine syndrome of big business.
- Greek syndromé̄ concurrence, combination, equivalent. to syn- syn- + drom-, base meaning "run'' (see -drome) + -ē feminine noun, nominal suffix
- Neo-Latin
- 1535–45;
syn•drom•ic (sin drom′ik),USA pronunciation adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: syndrome /ˈsɪndrəʊm/ n - any combination of signs and symptoms that are indicative of a particular disease or disorder
- a symptom, characteristic, or set of symptoms or characteristics indicating the existence of a condition, problem, etc
Etymology: 16th Century: via New Latin from Greek sundromē, literally: a running together, from syn- + dramein to runsyndromic /sɪnˈdrɒmɪk/ adj Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: white-coat hypertension, syndrome n - the phenomenon of having elevated blood pressure only during a medical consultation
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