Syndrome definition
The syndrome of conspicuous consumption in wealthy suburbs.
An example of a syndrome is a child who shows obsessive behavior and is uninterested in people could be a sign of Asperger's Syndrome.
The angiosperm reproductive syndrome.
The angiosperm reproductive syndrome.
Suffers from fear-of-success syndrome.
The syndrome of conspicuous consumption in wealthy suburbs.
Origin of syndrome
- Greek sundromē concurrence of symptoms from sundromos running together sun- syn- dromos a running
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Ancient Greek συνδρομή (syndrome, “concurrence of symptoms, concourse”), from σύνδρομος (syndromos, “running together”), from συν- (syn-, “with”) + δρόμος (dromos, “running, course”).
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