Added 7 October 2026
syndrome
/ˈsɪndɹəʊm/ noun
Latin root: syndrome Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about syndrome at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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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
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Any set of characteristics regarded as identifying a certain type, condition, etc., usually adverse.
not-in-my-backyard syndrome; tip-of-the-tongue syndrome
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”).
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