syndrome
pronunciation
How to pronounce syndrome in British English:
UK [ˈsɪndrəʊm]
How to pronounce syndrome in American English:
US [ˈsɪndroʊm]
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- Noun:
- a complex of concurrent things
- a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
Word Origin
- syndrome (n.)
- "a number of symptoms occurring together," 1540s, from medical Latin, from Greek syndrome "concurrence of symptoms, concourse of people," from syndromos "place where several roads meet," literally "a running together," from syn- "with" (see syn-) + dromos "a running, course" (see dromedary). Psychological sense is from 1955.
Example
- 1. He also suffered from carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis .
- 2. Trovagene is also developing a test for down syndrome .
- 3. How do you defeat the hiding syndrome ?
- 4. Is this another case of the stockholm syndrome ?
- 5. No doubt the iraq syndrome can be overstated too .