syndrome

See also: Syndrome

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συνδρομή (sundromḗ, “concurrence of symptoms, concourse”), from σύνδρομος (súndromos, “running together”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running, course”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪndɹəʊm/
• IPA^(key): / ˈsin-ˌdrōm/

• Audio (UK):

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• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪndɹoʊm/, /ˈsɪndɹəm/
• Hyphenation: syn‧drome

Noun

syndrome (plural syndromes)

1. (pathology) 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

   • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:

     Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.

2. Any set of characteristics regarded as identifying a certain type, condition, etc., usually adverse.

   not-in-my-backyard syndrome; tip-of-the-tongue syndrome

   • 1989 November 3, “Jimmy Carson Comes Home; He's a Redwing”, in The Argus-Press (Owesso, Michigan)‎^{[news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1988&dat=19891103&id...sjid...pg...]}:

     Fledgling superstar Jimmy Carson couldn't bear another day in Edmonton living in the void created by the departure of Wayne Gretzky, whose brokenhearted fans never accepted his replacement. It was very difficult for me to play in Edmonton in the whole Gretzky syndrome," Carson said Thurs day after a six-player trade ...

   • 2012, Steven D. Price, Excuses for All Occasions: Alibis Apologies and Cop-Outs That Can Get You Out of (or Into) Trouble‎^[1]:

     Speaking of medicine, rationalizers seem to enjoy latching on health excuses. Syndromes are a fertile field. Let's say you're accused of being unable to accept responsibility or otherwise behaving like an adult. That's not your fault, you counter—you suffer from Peter Pan Syndrome. Can't get around to cleaning up your room or office cubicle? Of course not—you suffer from tertiary Bag Lady Syndrome.

Derived terms

Terms derived from syndrome

• Aarskog-Scott syndrome
• Ackerman syndrome
• acquired immune deficiency syndrome
• Asherman's syndrome
• Asperger syndrome
• Axenfeld syndrome
• Basedow's syndrome
• battered person syndrome
• battered woman syndrome
• Behçet's syndrome
• Bernhardt-Roth syndrome
• Bloom syndrome
• Bloom-Torre-Machacek syndrome
• Boerhaave syndrome
• Brown-Séquard syndrome
• Brown syndrome
• Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome
• burning feet syndrome
• Carpenter syndrome
• Carvajal syndrome
• Cheadle-Möller-Barlow syndrome
• Chernobyl syndrome
• Chiari-Frommel syndrome
• CHILD syndrome
• China syndrome
• chronic fatigue syndrome
• Columbine syndrome
• Costen's syndrome
• Cowden syndrome
• Danbolt-Closs syndrome
• deer in the headlight syndrome
• de la Chapelle syndrome
• derangement syndrome
• Derangement Syndrome
• Desert Storm syndrome
• Down syndrome
• Dubowitz syndrome
• economy class syndrome
• Edwards syndrome
• Eisenmenger's syndrome
• Ekbom's syndrome
• Ekiri syndrome
• empty nest syndrome
• empty nose syndrome
• Everest syndrome
• false memory syndrome
• fetal alcohol syndrome
• Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome
• foreign accent syndrome
• Franceschetti-Klein syndrome
• GAPO syndrome
• Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome
• Gorlin's syndrome
• Gouverneur's syndrome
• Greither syndrome
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome
• Helsinki syndrome
• Horton's syndrome
• Hunter-Russell syndrome
• Hunter syndrome
• Huriez syndrome
• impostor syndrome
• Irlen syndrome
• irritable bowel syndrome
• Jerusalem syndrome
• Kallmann syndrome
• Kartagener syndrome
• Kearns-Sayre syndrome
• Kelley-Seegmiller syndrome
• Kleine-Levin syndrome
• Korsakoff's syndrome
• Landau-Kleffner syndrome
• leaning toothpick syndrome
• Legg-Calvé-Perthes syndrome
• Lima syndrome
• Lobstein syndrome
• long QT syndrome
• Mallory-Weiss syndrome
• mean world syndrome
• MERRF syndrome
• metabolic syndrome
• missing white girl syndrome
• missing white woman syndrome
• Münchausen syndrome
• Oslo syndrome
• parental alienation syndrome
• Paris syndrome
• Parkinson's syndrome
• Paterson-Brown-Kelly syndrome
• Peter Pan syndrome
• Pinkerton syndrome
• polycystic ovary syndrome
• preacher's kid syndrome
• premenstrual syndrome
• Proteus syndrome
• red man syndrome
• red neck syndrome
• restless legs syndrome
• retired husband syndrome
• Rett syndrome
• revolving door syndrome
• Reye's syndrome
• seat belt syndrome
• severe acute respiratory syndrome
• sick building syndrome
• small man syndrome
• smoking stool syndrome
• Stockholm syndrome
• student syndrome
• sudden infant death syndrome
• sudden sniffing death syndrome
• sundowner syndrome
• syndrome X
• syndromic
• syndromics
• tall poppy syndrome
• Tourette syndrome
• toxic shock syndrome
• true believer syndrome
• tube feeding syndrome
• wild man syndrome
• Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

 

Translations

recognizable pattern of symptoms or behaviours

• Arabic: مُتَلَازِمَة f (mutalāzima), أَعْرَاض m (ʔaʕrāḍ), سِنْدُرُم m (sindurum)
• Armenian: համախտանիշ (hy) (hamaxtaniš)
• Asturian: síndrome m
• Belarusian: сіндро́м m (sindróm)
• Bulgarian: синдром m (sindrom)
• Catalan: síndrome (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 症候群 (zh) (zhènghòuqún), 綜合徵／综合征 (zh) (zōnghézhēng), 综合征 (zh) (zònghézhēng), 綜合症／综合症 (zh) (zònghézhèng)

• Czech: syndrom (cs) m
• Danish: syndrom (da) n
• Dutch: syndroom (nl) n
• Esperanto: sindromo
• Finnish: oireyhtymä (fi), syndrooma (fi)
• French: syndrome (fr) m
• German: Syndrom (de) n
• Greek: σύνδρομο (el) n (sýndromo)
• Hungarian: szindróma (hu), tünetegyüttes (hu), tünetcsoport (hu)
• Indonesian: sindrom (id)
• Irish: siondróm m
• Italian: sindrome (it) f
• Japanese: 症候群 (しょうこうぐん, shōkōgun), シンドローム (ja) (shindorōmu)
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• Kazakh: синдром (sindrom), нышанат (nyşanat)
• Korean: 증후군(症候群) (ko) (jeunghugun)
• Lithuanian: sindromas m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: syndrom n

  Nynorsk: syndrom n

• Persian: سندرم (fa)
• Polish: zespół (pl), syndrom (pl) m
• Portuguese: síndrome (pt) (masc. in pt-pt, fem. in pt-br), síndroma m (used in pt-pt only)
• Russian: синдро́м (ru) m (sindróm)
• Samogitian: sėndruoms m
• Serbo-Croatian: sìndrōm (sh) m
• Sinhalese: සහලක්ෂණය (si) (sahalakṣaṇaya)
• Spanish: síndrome (es) m
• Swedish: syndrom (sv) n
• Thai: กลุ่มอาการ (glùm-aa-gaan)
• Turkish: sendrom (tr)
• Ukrainian: синдро́м m (syndróm)
• Vietnamese: hội chứng (vi) (會症)

set of characteristics

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 典型特徵／典型特征 (diǎnxíng tèzhēng), 典型特征 (diǎnxíng tèzhēng)

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• Finnish: ilmiö (fi), oireisto (fi)
• Polish: syndrom (pl) m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

References

• syndrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “syndrome”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “syndrome”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συνδρομή (sundromḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.dʁom/, (allowed by some authorities) /sɛ̃.dʁɔm/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

syndrome m (plural syndromes)

1. syndrome

Derived terms

• syndrome de Gilles de La Tourette
• syndrome de la page blanche
• syndrome de Paris
• syndrome de Stein-Leventhal
• syndrome de Stevens-Johnson
• syndrome du cœur brisé
• syndrome du cri du chat
• syndrome d’Asperger
• syndrome d’immunodéficience acquise
• syndrome prémenstruel

 

Further reading

• “syndrome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Interlingua

Noun

syndrome (plural syndromes)

1. syndrome