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.

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Simplified etymology

Syndrome entered English in the mid-16th century through modern Latin from Greek sundromē. The Greek word is formed from sun-, “together,” and dramein, “to run,” conveying the idea of things running together.

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”).

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