syndrome

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪndɹəʊm/, /-dɹəm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): / ˈsin-ˌdrōm/, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪndɹoʊm/, /-dɹəm/
• Hyphenation: syn‧drome

Noun

syndrome (plural syndromes)

2. (pathology) A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.
3. Any set of characteristics regarded as identifying a certain type, condition, etc., usually adverse.

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Translations

References

• syndrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “syndrome”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “syndrome”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin syndrome, from Ancient Greek συνδρομή (sundromḗ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

syndrome m (plural syndromes)

1. syndrome

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

syndrome (plural syndromes)

1. syndrome