OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 22996

syndrome

/ˈsɪndɹəʊm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
síndrome
A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.
A “zone of rarity” emerges when symptoms cluster neatly into syndromes and interforms are uncommon, although not altogether absent. Fuzzy boundaries and interforms are a special pr…
Down syndrome; acquired immune deficiency syndrome; restless-leg syndrome; battered-wife syndrome
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