syndrome
noun
a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
syndromes
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pluralof syndrome.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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From a diagnostic standpoint, it overlaps with obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and trauma-related syndromes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
And for those with hypermobility syndromes, meaning overly flexible joints, “it’s important to be mindful that increased stretching could lead to dislocations of the joints.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
But to move from hypothesis to proven treatment, he says, the scientific community urgently needs double-blind, randomized, controlled trials—the gold standard for treatment research—on nicotine therapy for post-acute infection syndromes.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2025
Previous applications of BoNE allowed Ghosh and her team to identify other COVID-related lung and heart-afflicting syndromes in adults and children, respectively.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024
Under Cushing, John studied pituitary syndromes in dogs and mice and contemplated X-ray irradiations of humans.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
