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syndrome

Syllables: syn·drome/ˈsɪndɹəʊm/US/ˈsɪndɹoʊm/

syndrome noun: a recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.

Noun

syndrome (plural syndromes)

  1. 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
    • A “zone of rarity” emerges when symptoms cluster neatly into syndromes and interforms are uncommon, although not altogether absent. Fuzzy boundaries and interforms are a special problem for PTSD […]2004, Gerald Rosen, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Issues and Controversies, page 127
  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
    • My roommate, Tony, and I were sitting in our living room on a Saturday afternoon trying to decide what to do that night. You know the syndrome: Saturday night when everyone is supposed to do something exciting and have a great time. If you don't, you're likely to wake up on Sunday morning feeling...1980 August 9, John D'Emilio, “There's No Place Like Home”, in Gay Community News, page 8

syndrome meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

syndrome in Hindi

सिंड्रोम, सिंड्रम

syndrome in Tamil

நோய்க்குறி, நோய்க் குறித்தொகுப்பு, நோய் அறிகுறிகளின் தொகை, நோய் அறிகுறிகளின் தொகுப்பு, கூட்டறிகுறி, கூட்டியம்

syndrome in Marathi

सिंड्रोम, सिंड्रम

syndrome in Urdu

سنڈروم
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syndrome in Bengali
লক্ষণ
syndrome in Telugu
సిండ్రోమ్
syndrome in Malayalam
സിൻഡ്രോം, സിൻഡ്രം
syndrome in Kannada
ಕುರುಹುಕಂತೆ
syndrome in Punjabi
ਸਿੰਡਰੋਮ, ਸਿੰਡ੍ਰੋਮ
syndrome in Gujarati
સિન્ડ્રોમ, સિંડ્રોમ
syndrome in Odia
ସିଣ୍ଡ୍ରୋମ, ସିଣ୍ଡ୍ରୋମ୍, ସିଣ୍ଡ୍ରମ
syndrome in Sinhala
සහලක්ෂණය sahalakṣaṇaya
syndrome in Nepali
रूप rūp
syndrome in Arabic
مُتَلَازِمَة mutalāzima, أَعْرَاض ʔaʕrāḍ
syndrome in Indonesian
sindrom
syndrome in Persian
سندرم, نشانگان nešāngān
syndrome in Thai
กลุ่มอาการ glùm-aa-gaan
syndrome in Vietnamese
hội chứng

Examples of syndrome in a sentence

  • 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:
  • 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:
  • It was very difficult for me to play in Edmonton in the whole Gretzky syndrome," Carson said Thurs day after a six-player trade ...1989 November 3, “Jimmy Carson Comes Home; He's a Redwing”, in The Argus-Press (Owesso...
  • That's not your fault, you counter—you suffer from Peter Pan Syndrome.2012, Steven D. Price, Excuses for All Occasions: Alibis Apologies and Cop-Outs That Can Get You Out of (or Into) Trouble:

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Forms of syndrome

pluralsyndromes

Plural of syndrome: syndromes

Origin of syndrome

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”).

Words formed from syndrome

Phrases with syndrome

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Questions about 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.
What is syndrome in Hindi?
Syndrome in Hindi is सिंड्रोम, सिंड्रम. See Syndrome meaning in Hindi.
How do you use syndrome in a sentence?
Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.
What part of speech is syndrome?
Syndrome is a noun.
How do you pronounce syndrome?
Syndrome is pronounced /ˈsɪndɹəʊm/ (UK).
What is the plural of syndrome?
The plural of syndrome is syndromes.

Words near syndrome in the dictionary

  1. Syndonia
  2. syndromal
  3. syndromally
  4. syndromatic
  5. syndromatology
  6. syndrome
  7. syndrome of subjective doubles
  8. syndrome T
  9. syndrome without a name
  10. syndrome X
  11. syndromed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: syndrome (page history and authors); syndrome (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syndrome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); syndrome (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syndrome (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syndrome (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); syndrome (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syndrome (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syndrome (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); syndrome (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syndrome (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); syndrome (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); रूप (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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