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Noun: syndrome  sin'drowm
  1. A pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
    "The doctor diagnosed the patient with carpal tunnel syndrome"
     
  2. A complex of concurrent things
    "every word has a syndrome of meanings"

Derived forms: syndromes

Type of: complex, composite, symptom

Part of: disease

Encyclopedia: Syndrome