noun
syndrome
SIN-drohm/ˈsɪndrəʊm/
A recognizable pattern of symptoms, behaviors, or problems occurring together.
The doctor recognizes the syndrome from its distinctive pattern of symptoms.
Etymology
The image is a “running together,” applied in Greek to symptoms occurring together. The medical grouping later extended to characteristic clusters of beliefs, behaviors, and other traits.
In context
spasticity can come after any type of injury to the brain or to the spinal cord it's part of what's called the upper motor neuron syndrome this is a group of symptoms
More examples
- Carpal tunnel syndrome can cause tingling and numbness in the hand.
- Despite her success, impostor syndrome makes her doubt her abilities.
- Different syndromes can share some of the same symptoms.
Forms
syndrome · syndromes
Similar words
- condition
- Names a health problem without necessarily implying linked symptoms.
- disorder
- Emphasizes disrupted normal functioning rather than a cluster of signs.