Masculine

síndrome

Meaning

  1. (Portugal, feminine, masculine, proscribed, sometimes) syndrome (a well-defined set of symptoms that do not characterize a single disease, but can reflect a pathogenic modality)
  2. (Portugal, feminine, figuratively, masculine, proscribed, sometimes) syndrome (set of signs or characteristics associated with a critical situation and causing fear or insecurity)

Synonyms

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsĩ.dɾo.mi/
Etymology

In summary

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συνδρομή (sundromḗ, “concurrence of symptoms, concourse”), from σύνδρομος (súndromos, “running together”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running, course”).

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