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How to use syndrome in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Syndrome means a recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition. Example: “Guillain–Barré syndrome causes one to not be able to move one’s extremities.”

Examples of syndrome by meaning

nounA recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological...

  • Down syndrome; acquired immune deficiency syndrome; restless-leg syndrome; battered-wife syndrome
  • A “zone of rarity” emerges when symptoms cluster neatly into syndromes and interforms are uncommon, although not altogether absent.2004, Gerald Rosen, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Issues and Controversies, page 127
  • Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193

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

  • not-in-my-backyard syndrome; tip-of-the-tongue syndrome
  • You know the syndrome: Saturday night when everyone is supposed to do something exciting and have a great time.1980 August 9, John D'Emilio, “There's No Place Like Home”, in Gay Community News, page 8
  • Syndromes are a fertile field.2012, Steven D. Price, Excuses for All Occasions: Alibis Apologies and Cop-Outs That Can Get You Out of (or Into) Trouble

More sentences with syndrome

  • Guillain–Barré syndrome causes one to not be able to move one’s extremities.From the entry extremity
  • The initial stages of a syndrome may differ vastly from the final symptoms.From the entry initial
  • Horner's syndrome consists of typically unilateral miosis and eyelid ptosis, and absent forehead sweating.From the entry miosis
  • Environmental pollution and the overconsumption of nonreplenishable resources is the boiling frog syndrome of the 21st century.From the entry boiling frog
  • Various synostoses are typical of Antley-Bixler syndrome.From the entry synostosis
  • Men with Klinefelter syndrome (47,XXY karyotype) have a single Barr body, whereas women with a 47,XXX karyotype have two Barr bodies.From the entry Barr body
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:frozen robot syndrome.From the entry frozen robot syndrome
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome can cause hyperflexible joints.From the entry hyperflexible
  • We never heard about those changes coming, and were told everything would be staying the same. Typical mushroom syndrome from management again.From the entry mushroom syndrome
  • It’s also possible for insomnia to be caused by restless leg syndrome.2024 March 11, Madeline Holcombe, “What to do on the nights you are struggling with insomnia, according to experts”, in CNN. From the entry insomnia
  • A few years later, Mildred was evaluated by doctors as having broken-heart syndrome.2023 January 12, “Obituaries: Mildred Zyla”, in The Journal News, volume 134, number 210, page 9A. From the entry broken-heart syndrome
  • The strange eye movements indicated a rare type of absence-seizure disorder called Jeavons syndrome.2022 October 13, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “She Suffered From Headaches and Fatigue. Were Concussions to Blame?”, in The New York Times Magazine. From the entry absence seizure
  • Complex syndactylies are more often part of a syndrome such as Apert, Carpenter, or Saethre-Chotzen syndrome.2021, Angelo B. Lipira, Joel S. Solomon, Jourdan A. Carboy, Juliana E. Hansen, “40: Congenital Hand Differences”, in Seth R. Thaller…. From the entry syndactyly
  • A person born with Swyer syndrome has XY chromosomes, like a typical perisex boy might.2021, Sol Santana, Just Ash, Carolrhoda Lab. From the entry perisex
  • Using a genotype-driven approach, we identified a disorder that connects seemingly unrelated adult-onset inflammatory syndromes.2020 October 27, David B. Beck, Marcela A. Ferrada, Keith A. Sikora, Amanda K. Ombrello, et alia, “Somatic Mutations in UBA1 and Severe…. From the entry VEXAS
  • In Klüver-Bucy syndrome the victim develops urges to eat and fornicate indiscriminately.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 81. From the entry Klüver-Bucy syndrome
  • There were two recognizable groups of the safety training attendees affected by Dunning-Kruger syndrome.2018 March 14, Pedro M. Arezes, João Santos Baptista, Monica P. Barroso, Paula Carneiro, Patrício Cordeiro, Nelson Costa, Rui B. Melo, A.…. From the entry Dunning-Kruger syndrome
  • Today I tipped into full-blown Stockholm syndrome and decided to go into work on a Saturday off.2017, Adam Kay, This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor. From the entry Stockholm syndrome
  • Patients with hyperthyreosis, sick sinus syndrome and renal disease were excluded.2016 March 2, “Increased M1 Macrophages Infiltration Is Associated with Thrombogenesis in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis Patients with Atrial…. From the entry hyperthyreosis
  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is the first betacoronavirus lineage C member isolated from humans.2015 August 13, You-Jin Kim et al., “Complete Genome Sequence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus KOR/KNIH/002_05_2015…. From the entry betacoronavirus
  • None of the lambs had malformation evocative of SBV infection (arthrogryposis-hydranencephaly syndrome, stiff neck, scoliosis, brachygnathism).2015 September 30, “Experimental Infection of Sheep at 45 and 60 Days of Gestation with Schmallenberg Virus Readily Led to Placental…. From the entry brachygnathism
  • Porphyria and Kindler syndrome were excluded by lack of photosensitivity, scarring, atrophy, and sclerodermoid changes.2015, Subhash Kashyap, Vinay Shanker, Neelam Sharma, “Ectodermal Dysplasia-Skin Fragility Syndrome: A Rare Case Report”, in Indian Journal…. From the entry sclerodermoid
  • This works especially well with premies, babies with Down syndrome, and other babies who are weak.2013, Karin Cadwell, Cindy Turner-Maffei, Pocket Guide for Lactation Management. From the entry premie
  • Most people acquainted with a personal computer system exhibit the baby duck syndrome.2013 April 22, Ted Herman, “General Landscape of Computing Languages”, in A Functional Start to Computing with Python (Chapman & Hall/CRC…. From the entry baby duck syndrome
  • Fructose is the Voldemort of the metabolic syndrome pandemic: stealthy, ever-present, and bad for the common good.2013, Robert H. Lustig, Heather Millar, & Cindy Gershen, The Fat Chance Cookbook: More Than 100 Recipes Ready in Under 30 Minutes to Help…. From the entry Voldemort
  • Ellis-van Creveld (EvC) syndrome or chondroectodermal dysplasia is an autosomal recessive disorder with characteristic clinical manifestations.2013 July 9, Shilpa S Sasalawad et al., “Ellis-van Creveld syndrome”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI. From the entry chondroectodermal
  • He was initially diagnosed with distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) and started on laxatives and gastrograffin.2013 July 29, Mohammed Jawad et al., “Intestinal obstruction secondary to adhesions in an infant with cystic fibrosis”, in BMJ Case…. From the entry gastrograffin
  • The various syndromes described include Cushing's syndrome, hypoglycæmia, hypercalcæmia and hyponatræmia.2012, International Union Against Cancer, Clinical Oncology: A Manual for Students and Doctors. From the entry hyponatræmia
  • The term tropical myeloneuropathies refers to several syndromes encountered in equatorial countries around the world.2010, Lewis P. Rowland with Paul H. Gordon, “Hereditary and Acquired Spastic Paraplegia”, in Lewis P. Rowland, Timothy A. Pedley, editors…. From the entry myeloneuropathy
  • The syndromes are manifestations of lesions in the spinal cord and peripheral nerves, separately or together.2010, Lewis P. Rowland with Paul H. Gordon, “Hereditary and Acquired Spastic Paraplegia”, in Lewis P. Rowland, Timothy A. Pedley, editors…. From the entry myeloneuropathy
  • The Mary Worth syndrome—is a euphemism for not facing your own devils.2010, Bill Blanchet, The Reform Plan, Trafford Publishing, page 125. From the entry Mary Worth
  • This is what I have called the “unsinkable rubber duck” syndrome.2010, Paul Kurtz, Exuberant Skepticism, →ISBN, page 179. From the entry unsinkable rubber duck
  • Also, they may be victims of the boiling frog syndrome themselves, adjusting their perception daily.2009, Richard Boyatzis, “How and Why Individuals are Able to Develop Emotional Intelligence”, in Cary Cherniss, Daniel Goleman, editors…. From the entry boiling frog
  • Long-term renal transplant survivors display high incidences of hypogonadism, neoplasms, erectile dysfunction, and metabolic syndrome.2008, MC Awad, EA da Silva, E Souza, R Damião, “Clinical outcome of long-term renal transplant survivors: a nephrourologic approach”, in…. From the entry nephrourologic

Meaning of syndrome

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

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Questions about syndrome in a sentence

How do you use syndrome in a sentence?
Syndrome is used as a noun. For example: “Guillain–Barré syndrome causes one to not be able to move one’s extremities.”
What is a short sentence with syndrome?
“not-in-my-backyard syndrome; tip-of-the-tongue syndrome”
What does syndrome mean?
Syndrome means a recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.

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