What is the definition of Syndrome. (easy ten points)?

Question

What exactly is the definition os Syndrome? I suppose I could look it up, but I'm too lazy, right now. It always sounds to me like a word that should mean something like "a reoccurring behavioral disorder." I don't know why. But the "reoccurring" part just sounds right.

Answer 1

1...A syndrome is a medical condition that is characterized by a particular group of signs and symptoms.

ex...Irritable bowel syndrome seems to affect more women than men.

ex...The syndrome is more likely to strike those whose immune systems are already below par.

2...You can refer to an undesirable condition that is characterized by a particular type of activity or behaviour as a syndrome.

ex... It is a bit like the exam syndrome where you write down everything you know regardless of what has been asked.

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Answer 2

Definitions of SYNDROME on the Web:

1)A group of symptoms and diseases that together are characteristic of a specific condition.

www.aidsinfobbs.org/letters/s.html

2)All the signs and symptoms associated with a disease.

www.addiction-rehabilitation.com/gloss...

3)a group of characteristics that occur together.

www.readinghospital.org/Health/Content...

4)A set of signs and symptoms that tend to occur together and are clinically indicative of a particular disease state, such as AIDS.

www.4uth.info/index.php

5)A group of symptoms that occur together and represent a particular disease.

www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E22...

6)A collection of signs and symptoms that together form a condition with a known outcome, and which requires special treatment.

www.epilepsysandiego.org/common_terms....

7)A collection of symptoms that characterize a specific disease or condition

www.nsu.govt.nz/Health-Professionals/2...

8)A set of symptoms occurring together, the sum of signs of a morbid (sad, melancholic) state.

www.gffi-fitness.org/fitness_study/fit...

9)a set of symptoms which occur together.

haabet.dk/SpencerSystem1952/Glossary.h...

10)The aggregate of signs and symptoms associated with any morbid process, and constitution together the picture of the disease.

www.condell.org/libertyville/neurosurg...

11)Injury to an infant or child resulting from the child’s having been shaken, usually as a misguided means of discipline. The most common symptoms, which can be inflicted by seemingly harmless shakings, are bleeding and/or detached retinas and other bleeding inside the head. ...

www.dss.mo.gov/cd/info/cwmanual/sectio...

12)A collection of abnormalities that occur often enough to suggest they have a common cause.

www.enotes.com/nursing-encyclopedia/pu...

13)A specific set of symptoms and/or medical findings that often occur together but are not distinct enough to be thought of as a single disease entity, eg, sleep apnea syndrome.

www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp

14)set of features that occur together

www.uihealthcare.com/topics/medicaldep...

15)a health condition that is characterized by a group of signs and symptoms, and has an adverse health effect (eg AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome).

www.health.gov.bc.ca/phact/glossary.ht...

16)Group of symptoms describing a disease or the noxious effects of a chemical product

www.fsra.eu/glossary.html

17)a collection of findings (symptoms) that's seen repetitively from one patient to another.

www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/gen...

18)A congenital condition during which there is an abnormal tissue connection between the top and the lower cardiac chambers.

www.acc.org/media/glossaryresources.ht...

19)a group of symptoms and signs of disordered function related to one another by means of some anatomical, physiological or biochemical peculiarity.

www.pierrerobin.org/glossary-MtoZ.htm

20)A group of symptoms typical of a distinctive disease, and of that disease only.

www.sauk.org.uk/glossary.htm

21)a complex of concurrent things; "every word has a syndrome of meanings"

a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease

wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

22)In medicine and psychology, the term syndrome refers to the association of several clinically recognizable features, signs (discovered by a physician), symptoms (reported by the patient), phenomena or characteristics that often occur together, so that the presence of one feature alerts the ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndrome

23)Syndrome is a fictional character, the primary antagonist in the 2004 film The Incredibles. Real name Buddy Pine (he calls himself Incredi-Boy earlier in the film), he is the archenemy of the Incredible Family. Wizard Magazine rated him the 64th greatest villain of all time.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndrome (The Incredibles)

24)A series of games developed by Goichi Suda.* ' for PlayStation (released in Japan)* ' for PlayStation (released in Japan)* Moonlight Syndrome for PlayStation (released in Japan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndrome (video game series)

25)A recognizable pattern of symptoms or behaviours

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/syndrome

Answer 3

Syndrome is a number of symptoms that occur together and characterize a specific disease. In other words, it is the whole of the symptoms and findings in order to simplify the diagnoses of a disease which defines a specific disorder.

Answer 4

–noun

1. Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.

2. a group of related or coincident things, events, actions, etc.

3. the pattern of symptoms that characterize or indicate a particular social condition.

4. a predictable, characteristic pattern of behavior, action, etc., that tends to occur under certain circumstances: the retirement syndrome of endless golf and bridge games; the feast-or-famine syndrome of big business.