syndrome.
A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.
Meaning & usage
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
Any set of characteristics regarded as identifying a certain type, condition, etc., usually adverse.
not-in-my-backyard syndrome; tip-of-the-tongue syndrome
Where this word comes from
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.