syndrome English · revision 6497

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1541|origins=grc συνδρομή}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈsɪndɹoʊm/, /-dɹəm/; /ˈsɪndɹəʊm/, /-dɹəm/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-new|syndromē]], from [[grc|συνδρομή|tr=sundromḗ|t=concurrence of symptoms; concourse]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) from [[m|grc|σύνδρομος|tr=súndromos|t=running together]], from [[m|grc|σύν|tr=sún|t=with]] and the root of [[m|grc|δρόμος|tr=drómos|t=a running, course]] (see [[dromedary]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A set of symptoms occurring together: 1541, in Copland's translation of Galen.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A concurrence or concourse of things in general was a 17th-century sense, now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986) The modern general sense, a characteristic pattern of beliefs or behaviour, as in ''the ___ syndrome'', is first recorded in 1955, from psychology.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1541 – a set of symptoms.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1646 – a concurrence (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1955 – a pattern of behaviour.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A group of [[symptom|alt=symptoms]] that together indicate a particular disease or condition.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A characteristic combination of opinions, emotions or behaviour.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[syndromic]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dromedary]]

+ * [[palindrome]]

+ * [[hippodrome]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}