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syndrome

/ˈsɪndɹoʊm/
noun

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

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Noun 2 meanings

  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”

  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”

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Where it comes from

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”).

SYNDROME at a glance

SYNDROME has 8 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (S 1 + Y 4 + N 1 + D 2 + R 1 + O 1 + M 3 + E 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,814 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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