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syndrome

synd·rome

UK/ˈsɪndɹəʊm/ US/-dɹəm/ fairly common

noun

1.

a complex of concurrent things

  • “every word has a syndrome of meanings”
2.

a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease

Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • syndrome X

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