syndrome

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A group of symptoms or signs that together point to a particular illness or condition.

   The doctor recognized the symptoms as a rare syndrome.

2. 2
   noun

   A set of behaviors or attitudes seen as typical of a particular situation, usually a negative one.

   Always wanting more is a common syndrome in modern life.

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”).

Topics