Syndrome (Noun)
Meaning 1
A pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Hyponyms
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Restless Legs
- Radiation Syndrome
- ADD
- Nephrosis
- Minimal Brain Damage
- ADHD
- Intermittent Cramp
- Persian Gulf Illness
- Reiter's Disease
- Minimal Brain Dysfunction
- Radiation
- Cervical Root Syndrome
- TSS
- Munchausen Syndrome
- MBD
- PMS
- Tetanilla
- Fallot's Syndrome
- XXY-syndrome
- Ekbom Syndrome
- Intermittent Tetanus
- Hyperkinetic Syndrome
- Fallot's Tetralogy
- FAS
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- Apyretic Tetanus
- Gilles De La Tourette Syndrome
- Toxic Shock Syndrome
Meaning 2
A complex of concurrent things; "every word has a syndrome of meanings".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- Every city has its unique syndrome of sights, sounds, and smells that makes it distinct from others.
- Her face expressed a syndrome of emotions as she read the letter, ranging from joy to sorrow to shock.
- The culture of a workplace can be viewed as a syndrome of rules, behaviors, and social norms.
- This illness has a distinctive syndrome of symptoms that includes high fever, body aches, and headache.
- Understanding a customer's behavior is just as important as analyzing the marketing mix to capture a customer's full purchase syndrome.