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syndicalism |
syndicalist |
syndicate |
syndication |
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syndrome
| syndyasmian
| syne
| synecdoche
| synecdochic
| synecdochical
syndrome
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun syndrome has 2 senses
- syndrome(n = noun.cognition) Array - a complex of concurrent things; "every word has a syndrome of meanings" is a kind of complex, composite
- syndrome(n = noun.state) Array - a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease; Array has particulars: autism, add, adhd, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, hyperkinetic syndrome, mbd, minimal brain damage, minimal brain dysfunction, horner's syndrome, cervical disc syndrome, cervical root syndrome, chinese restaurant syndrome, conn's syndrome, fas, fetal alcohol syndrome, gulf war syndrome, persian gulf illness, klinefelter's syndrome, klinefelter syndrome, xxy-syndrome, malabsorption syndrome, munchausen's syndrome, munchausen syndrome, nephrosis, nephrotic syndrome, noonan's syndrome, phantom limb syndrome, pms, premenstrual syndrome, radiation, radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, ramsay hunt syndrome, reiter's disease, reiter's syndrome, ekbom syndrome, restless legs, restless legs syndrome, reye's syndrome, scalenus syndrome, apyretic tetanus, intermittent cramp, intermittent tetanus, tetanilla, tetany, thoracic outlet syndrome, tietze's syndrome, gilles de la tourette syndrome, tourette's syndrome, fallot's syndrome, fallot's tetralogy, tetralogy of fallot, toxic shock, toxic shock syndrome, tss, waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome, williams syndrome, zollinger-ellison syndrome
is a part of disease
is a kind of symptom
CIDE DICTIONARY
syndrome, n. [NL., from Gr. ; sy`n with + a course, a running.].
- Concurrence. Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease. [1913 Webster]
- generally, a pattern of characteristics or behaviors occurring together, that are sufficiently common and distinctive to indicate that they are due to a known cause. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
syndrome, n.
1 a group of concurrent symptoms of a disease.
2 a characteristic combination of opinions, emotions, behaviour, etc.
1 a group of concurrent symptoms of a disease.
2 a characteristic combination of opinions, emotions, behaviour, etc.
Derivative
syndromic adj.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk sundrome (as SYN-, drome f. dramein to run)
THESAURUS
syndrome
abnormality, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, atrophy, bacterial disease, birth defect, blight, cardiovascular disease, chronic disease, circulatory disease, complaint, complication, condition, congenital defect, defect, deficiency disease, deformity, degenerative disease, disability, disease, disorder, distemper, endemic, endemic disease, endocrine disease, epidemic disease, functional disease, fungus disease, gastrointestinal disease, genetic disease, handicap, hereditary disease, iatrogenic disease, ill, illness, indisposition, infectious disease, infirmity, malady, malaise, morbidity, morbus, muscular disease, neurological disease, nutritional disease, occupational disease, organic disease, pandemic disease, pathological condition, pathology, plant disease, protozoan disease, psychosomatic disease, respiratory disease, rockiness, secondary disease, seediness, sickishness, sickness, signs, symptomatology, symptomology, symptoms, the pip, urogenital disease, virus disease, wasting disease, worm disease
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